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Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Desert Hot Springs Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06065044524 · Riverside, CA · pop 2,573 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Desert Hot Springs

With a score of 8.8/10, tract 06065044524 in Desert Hot Springs, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,573 residents. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 11% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,018
Renter share40.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$59,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Desert Hot Springs
High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 518 tracts In Riverside
Very High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#4,622 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Desert Hot Springs and the region

Centroid at 33.9938, -116.4945 · click any tract to drill in

Why Desert Hot Springs scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,547 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Desert Hot Springs
8.4

How Desert Hot Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Desert Hot Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 044524Desert Hot Springs: 7.47.4Desert Hot Springsparent cityCounty: 6.66.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Desert Hot Springs

Cost burden runs 74% here against 53.8% across Riverside County. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

It sits 2.2 points above the Riverside County average of 6.6. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 27.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 24.6% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,547, 10% above the Desert Hot Springs average.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $59,500.

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 06065044524

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065044524?

Census tract 06065044524 in Desert Hot Springs scores 8.8/10 (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 06065044524?

Median gross rent is $1,547/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06065044524?

24.5% of residents in tract 06065044524 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,573.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06065044524?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 75th, minority 82th, housing 98th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06065044524 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.6% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06065044524 compare to Desert Hot Springs overall?

Tract 06065044524 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Desert Hot Springs at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Desert Hot Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Desert Hot Springs

Top eight tracts in Desert Hot Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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