Hayward Eviction Risk: Elevated

Against Alameda County at 45.5%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

It sits 1.1 points below the Alameda County average of 7.8. At $2,820 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Hayward commands.

Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $162,303.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.