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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Harden Ranch Eviction Risk: Elevated , Salinas

Tract 06053000103 · Monterey, CA · pop 4,344 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

06053000103 is a census tract in the Harden Ranch area of Salinas, CA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 40% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,384
Renter share78.0%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$94,079

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Harden Ranch
High
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 34 tracts In Salinas
Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 103 tracts In Monterey
Elevated
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#4,223 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salinas and the region

Centroid at 36.7133, -121.6495 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harden Ranch scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Salinas
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,000 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salinas
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salinas
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salinas
7.0

How Harden Ranch compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harden Ranch risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.67.6This tracttract 000103Salinas: 7.97.9Salinasparent cityCounty: 7.27.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Harden Ranch. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harden Ranch

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.6% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,000, close to the Salinas average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $94,079.

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 06053000103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053000103?

Census tract 06053000103 in the Harden Ranch neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 06053000103?

Median gross rent is $2,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06053000103?

9.7% of residents in tract 06053000103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,344.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06053000103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 93th, minority 92th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 06053000103 considered part of Harden Ranch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06053000103 fall within Harden Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06053000103 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.8% 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.
Q7

How does tract 06053000103 compare to Salinas overall?

Tract 06053000103 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Salinas at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salinas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salinas

Top eight tracts in Salinas ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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