Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Natividad Eviction Risk: Elevated , Salinas
Tract 06053000200 · Monterey, CA · pop 7,390 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 06053000200 covers part of the Natividad area of Salinas, CA, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,009
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$107,859
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salinas and the region
Centroid at 36.7024, -121.6436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Natividad scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$2,246 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Natividad compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Natividad. 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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.3%Food insecurity
- 21.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 20.8%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Natividad
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.2/10. Food insecurity runs 27.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 23.2% against 14.2% nationally. Against Monterey County at 51.7%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $2,246, 13% above the Salinas average.
On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $107,859. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 06053000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053000200?
Census tract 06053000200 in the Natividad neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 06053000200?
Median gross rent is $2,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06053000200?
14.8% of residents in tract 06053000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06053000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 30th, minority 89th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 06053000200 considered part of Natividad?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06053000200 fall within Natividad (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06053000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06053000200 compare to Salinas overall?
Tract 06053000200 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.
Tract · CA
Natividad
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Chinatown
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Natividad
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Alisal
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Alisal
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Alisal
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Chinatown
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Alisal
8.8
/ 10 · High
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