Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Foster City Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06081608001 · San Mateo, CA · pop 3,531

Tract 06081608001 sits in Foster City, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It is home to 3,531 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 1.4/10.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 37% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,435

Renter share59.1%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$195,050

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Foster City and the region

Centroid at 37.5511, -122.2577 · click any tract to drill in

Why Foster City scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Foster City

8.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.9

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$3,473 rent vs county FMR

5.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Foster City

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Foster City

4.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Foster City

5.1

How Foster City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

15%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
40%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.

6.2%Housing insecurity
3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
7.3%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
3.5%No health insurance
11.3%Frequent mental distress
17.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Foster City

Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

Against San Mateo County at 44.9%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 7.3% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely. Average gross rent is $3,473, close to the Foster City average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $195,050.

59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06081608001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081608001?

Census tract 06081608001 in Foster City 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06081608001?

Median gross rent is $3,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081608001?

8.0% of residents in tract 06081608001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,531.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081608001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 39th, minority 67th, housing 40th.

What share of households in tract 06081608001 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06081608001 compare to Foster City overall?

Tract 06081608001 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Foster City at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Foster City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Foster City

Top eight tracts in Foster City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.