Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

South Berkeley Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06001423400 · Alameda, CA · pop 5,551 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 8.8/10, tract 06001423400 in the South Berkeley area of Berkeley, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,551. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

8.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 33% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units2,141

Renter share59.2%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$121,122

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berkeley and the region

Centroid at 37.8584, -122.2759 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Berkeley scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$2,324 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Berkeley

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Berkeley

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Berkeley

7.5

How South Berkeley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

60%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
96%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
4%Grade C
95%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Berkeley. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

10.9%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
10.8%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
25.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Berkeley

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.1/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.1/10. Against the Alameda County average of 7.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

At $2,324 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Berkeley commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $121,122.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06001423400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001423400?

Census tract 06001423400 in the South Berkeley neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06001423400?

Median gross rent is $2,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06001423400?

13.2% of residents in tract 06001423400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,551.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06001423400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 15th, minority 68th, housing 96th.

Is tract 06001423400 considered part of South Berkeley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001423400 fall within South Berkeley (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06001423400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06001423400 compare to Berkeley overall?

Tract 06001423400 scores 8.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Berkeley at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berkeley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06001423400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 95% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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