Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 06047000202 Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047000202 · Merced, CA · pop 2,142
Merced in Merced County is where census tract 06047000202 sits, home to 2,142 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 62% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,060 a month against an average household income of $64,141 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units569
Renter share56.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$64,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.4124, -120.7904 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 06047000202 scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 06047000202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 21.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.9%Food insecurity
- 21.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 18.8%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 06047000202
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by California eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Merced County average of 6.0 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047000202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047000202?
Census tract 06047000202 in Merced scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06047000202?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047000202?
13.6% of residents in tract 06047000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,142.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047000202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 97th, minority 73th, housing 54th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047000202 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.7% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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