Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06065030300 · Riverside, CA · pop 4,140 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06065030300 (the Downtown Riverside area of Riverside, California) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,638 a month while the average household earns $61,077 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 89% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 40% Owners 11%

Tract context

Occupied units1,701

Renter share89.2%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate16.4%

Median income$61,077

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Riverside and the region

Centroid at 33.9798, -117.3764 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Riverside scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Riverside

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

16.4% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,638 rent vs county FMR

2.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Riverside

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Riverside

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Riverside

6.5

How Downtown Riverside 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.

83%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Riverside. 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.

23.7%Housing insecurity
13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
27.5%Food insecurity
27.0%SNAP enrollment
14.3%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
37.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Riverside

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 Riverside eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Riverside County average of 6.2 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White 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 23.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06065030300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065030300?

Census tract 06065030300 in the Downtown Riverside neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06065030300?

Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06065030300?

16.4% of residents in tract 06065030300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,140.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06065030300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 63th, minority 76th, housing 95th.

Is tract 06065030300 considered part of Downtown Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06065030300 fall within Downtown Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06065030300 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06065030300 compare to Riverside overall?

Tract 06065030300 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Riverside at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Riverside eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Riverside

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