Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Blythe Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06065046101 · Riverside, CA · pop 2,867
How risky is Blythe for landlords? Census tract 06065046101 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $812 a month against an average household income of $70,187 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,000
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$70,187
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blythe and the region
Centroid at 33.6142, -114.5839 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blythe scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blythe
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$812 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blythe
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blythe
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blythe
7.3
How Blythe compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
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.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.6%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blythe
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Blythe, 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 above 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 94th 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 20.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% 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 06065046101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06065046101?
Census tract 06065046101 in Blythe scores 6.7/10 (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 06065046101?
Median gross rent is $812/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06065046101?
17.6% of residents in tract 06065046101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,867.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06065046101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 97th, minority 82th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06065046101 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06065046101 compare to Blythe overall?
Tract 06065046101 scores 6.7/10, lower than the parent city of Blythe at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blythe; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Blythe
Top eight tracts in Blythe ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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