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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Harden Ranch Eviction Risk: Elevated , Salinas

Tract 06053010505 · Monterey, CA · pop 5,678 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 06053010505 sits in the Harden Ranch area of Salinas eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. Population here is 5,678. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 17% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$87,222

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Harden Ranch
Low
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 34 tracts In Salinas
Low
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#49 of 103 tracts In Monterey
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4,555 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salinas and the region

Centroid at 36.7292, -121.6494 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harden Ranch scores 7.4

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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,121 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 7.47.4This tracttract 010505Salinas: 7.97.9Salinasparent cityCounty: 7.27.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 26.2% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters. It tracks the Monterey County average of 7.2 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,121, close to the Salinas average.

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 06053010505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06053010505?

Census tract 06053010505 in the Harden Ranch neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06053010505?

Median gross rent is $2,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06053010505?

5.8% of residents in tract 06053010505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,678.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06053010505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 85th, minority 89th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 06053010505 considered part of Harden Ranch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06053010505 fall within Harden Ranch (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06053010505 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06053010505 compare to Salinas overall?

Tract 06053010505 scores 7.4/10, 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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