Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

San Mateo Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06081605902 · San Mateo, CA · pop 3,061

Census tract 06081605902 covers part of San Mateo, CA, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,061 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score

8.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 33% Owners 27%

Tract context

Occupied units1,280

Renter share73.3%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate7.8%

Median income$105,686

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Mateo and the region

Centroid at 37.5703, -122.3304 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Mateo scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from San Mateo

8.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.9

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.8% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$2,418 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from San Mateo

5.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from San Mateo

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from San Mateo

5.1

How San Mateo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

65%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
79%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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
10.5%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
27.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Mateo

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10.

This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the San Mateo County average of 44.9%. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Against the San Mateo County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Average gross rent is $2,418, 21% below the San Mateo average.

That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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 06081605902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081605902?

Census tract 06081605902 in San Mateo scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06081605902?

Median gross rent is $2,418/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081605902?

7.8% of residents in tract 06081605902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,061.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081605902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 17th, minority 84th, housing 79th.

What share of households in tract 06081605902 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06081605902 compare to San Mateo overall?

Tract 06081605902 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of San Mateo at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Mateo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Mateo

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