Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Thornton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06077004001 · San Joaquin, CA · pop 2,249 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Thornton
Thornton is where census tract 06077004001 sits, home to 2,249 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. That is riskier than about 73% of US census tracts.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,130 a month against an average household income of $55,469 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units809
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$55,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Thornton and the region
Centroid at 38.1292, -121.4444 · click any tract to drill in
Why Thornton scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Thornton
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,130 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Thornton
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Thornton
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Thornton
7.6
How Thornton 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.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.0%Food insecurity
- 26.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Thornton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Thornton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Joaquin County average of 6.2 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06077004001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06077004001?
Census tract 06077004001 in Thornton scores 6.9/10 (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 06077004001?
Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06077004001?
17.3% of residents in tract 06077004001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,249.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06077004001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 90th, minority 73th, housing 81th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06077004001 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06077004001 compare to Thornton overall?
Tract 06077004001 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of Thornton at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Thornton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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