Tract 06001424002 ·
Alameda, CA · pop 2,663 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 8.6/10, tract 06001424002 in the Harmon Tract area of Berkeley, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 29%Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,034
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$102,826
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Harmon Tract
Moderate
Within parent city
42th percentile
#20 of 34 tracts In Berkeley
Moderate
Within county
62th percentile
#143 of 378 tracts In Alameda
Elevated
Within state
74th percentile
#2,397 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berkeley and the region
Centroid at 37.8505, -122.2815 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harmon Tract scores 8.6
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,396 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Harmon Tract compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
55%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
79%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
0%Grade C
97%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.
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.
13.4%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.4%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harmon Tract
Average gross rent is $1,396, 35% below the Berkeley average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 0.8 points above the Alameda County average of 7.8.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Oakland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #5,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $102,826, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06001424002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06001424002?
Census tract 06001424002 in the Harmon Tract neighborhood scores 8.6/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06001424002?
Median gross rent is $1,396/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06001424002?
7.1% of residents in tract 06001424002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06001424002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 44th, minority 74th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 06001424002 considered part of Harmon Tract?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06001424002 fall within Harmon Tract (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06001424002 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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.
Q7
How does tract 06001424002 compare to Berkeley overall?
Tract 06001424002 scores 8.6/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 06001424002 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. 97% 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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