Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Stevinson Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047000401 · Merced, CA · pop 1,513 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Stevinson
Tract 06047000401, home to 1,513 residents in Stevinson in Merced County, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 44% of US census tracts.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,036 monthly, set against $52,277 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units515
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$52,277
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stevinson and the region
Centroid at 37.3403, -120.8829 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stevinson scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stevinson
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,036 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stevinson
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stevinson
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stevinson
4.7
How Stevinson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 39.3%SNAP enrollment
- 18.5%Transit barriers
- 20.8%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 44.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stevinson
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.4/10. 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 Stevinson, 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 27.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 83rd 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 06047000401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047000401?
Census tract 06047000401 in Stevinson scores 6/10 (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 06047000401?
Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047000401?
17.8% of residents in tract 06047000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,513.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047000401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 59th, minority 73th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047000401 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047000401 compare to Stevinson overall?
Tract 06047000401 scores 6/10, lower than the parent city of Stevinson at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stevinson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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