Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally
Merced Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047000901 · Merced, CA · pop 3,410 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Merced
How risky is Merced for landlords? Census tract 06047000901 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,068 a month while the average household earns $61,563 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,026
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$61,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merced and the region
Centroid at 37.2036, -120.5698 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merced scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merced
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merced
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merced
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merced
7.8
How Merced 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.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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.
- 22.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.9%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 19.1%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merced
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Merced, 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 22.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.5% 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 06047000901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047000901?
Census tract 06047000901 in Merced scores 7/10 (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 06047000901?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047000901?
14.1% of residents in tract 06047000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,410.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047000901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 75th, minority 73th, housing 77th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047000901 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.9% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047000901 compare to Merced overall?
Tract 06047000901 scores 7/10, lower than the parent city of Merced at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merced; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Merced
Top eight tracts in Merced ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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