Lorin Eviction Risk: Elevated , Berkeley

Census tract 06001424001 in the Lorin neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

Median gross rent is $2,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

14.9% of residents in tract 06001424001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,631.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 35th, minority 69th, housing 93th.

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001424001 fall within Lorin (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

About 13.0% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Tract 06001424001 scores 6.1/10 — right in line with the parent city of Berkeley at 6.3/10. 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.

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 86% 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.