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Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Rheem Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , Lafayette

Tract 06013352201 · Contra Costa, CA · pop 6,070 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 06013352201, home to 6,070 residents in Rheem Valley in Lafayette, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,713 monthly, set against $158,611 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 7% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,326
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$158,611

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Rheem Valley
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Lafayette
Very High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#125 of 241 tracts In Contra Costa
Moderate
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#7,475 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lafayette and the region

Centroid at 37.8530, -122.1393 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rheem Valley scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lafayette
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,713 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lafayette
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lafayette
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lafayette
6.7

How Rheem Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rheem Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 352201Lafayette: 7.97.9Lafayetteparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rheem Valley. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rheem Valley

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lafayette, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Contra Costa County average of 5.7 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06013352201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06013352201?

Census tract 06013352201 in the Rheem Valley neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 06013352201?

Median gross rent is $2,713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06013352201?

14.0% of residents in tract 06013352201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,070.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06013352201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 33th, minority 57th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 06013352201 considered part of Rheem Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06013352201 fall within Rheem Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06013352201 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06013352201 compare to Lafayette overall?

Tract 06013352201 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Lafayette at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette

Top eight tracts in Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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