Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town Eviction Risk: High , Eureka
Tract 06023000100 · Humboldt, CA · pop 4,680 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06023000100 in the Old Town area of Eureka, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,680. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 65%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,935
Renter share82.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$37,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eureka and the region
Centroid at 40.8040, -124.1718 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eureka
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,118 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eureka
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eureka
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eureka
7.8
How Old Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Town. 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.
- 20.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.0%Food insecurity
- 29.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town
Cost burden runs 79% here against 51.6% across Humboldt County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $37,985 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 29.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Humboldt County average of 7.0.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06023000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06023000100?
Census tract 06023000100 in the Old Town neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06023000100?
Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06023000100?
29.4% of residents in tract 06023000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06023000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 48th, minority 58th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 06023000100 considered part of Old Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06023000100 fall within Old Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06023000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.2% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06023000100 compare to Eureka overall?
Tract 06023000100 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of Eureka at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eureka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Eureka
Top eight tracts in Eureka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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