Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally
Planada Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06047001901 · Merced, CA · pop 5,089 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Planada
Census tract 06047001901 runs through Planada. With 5,089 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $901 a month while the average household earns $48,106 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$48,106
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Planada and the region
Centroid at 37.3559, -120.3393 · click any tract to drill in
Why Planada scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Planada
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$901 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Planada
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Planada
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Planada
7.3
How Planada compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 29.4%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.8%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 17.8%Transit barriers
- 26.4%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Planada
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength 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 Planada, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 90th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047001901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047001901?
Census tract 06047001901 in Planada scores 8.2/10 (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 06047001901?
Median gross rent is $901/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047001901?
25.8% of residents in tract 06047001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,089.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047001901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 85th, minority 94th, housing 73th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047001901 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.4% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047001901 compare to Planada overall?
Tract 06047001901 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Planada at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Planada; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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