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Med Center Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sacramento

Tract 06067001602 · Sacramento, CA · pop 2,219 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

In the Med Center area of Sacramento, census tract 06067001602 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 62nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,293 a month while the average household earns $148,079 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 19% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units1,083

Renter share23.5%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate1.5%

Median income$148,079

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sacramento and the region

Centroid at 38.5643, -121.4474 · click any tract to drill in

Why Med Center scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sacramento

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.3

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

1.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,293 rent vs county FMR

5.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sacramento

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

8.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sacramento

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sacramento

8.0

How Med Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

12%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
13%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

21%Grade A
34%Grade B
33%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Med Center. 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.

5.0%Housing insecurity
2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
4.4%Food insecurity
3.8%SNAP enrollment
3.5%Transit barriers
3.2%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
20.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Med Center

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 8.5/10. 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 Sacramento eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sacramento County average of 6.3 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06067001602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06067001602?

Census tract 06067001602 in the Med Center neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 06067001602?

Median gross rent is $2,293/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06067001602?

1.5% of residents in tract 06067001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,219.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06067001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 13th, minority 41th, housing 13th.

Is tract 06067001602 considered part of Med Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06067001602 fall within Med Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06067001602 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.0% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06067001602 compare to Sacramento overall?

Tract 06067001602 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Sacramento at 9.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sacramento eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06067001602 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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