Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

San Mateo Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06081608400 · San Mateo, CA · pop 5,243

Tract 06081608400 sits in San Mateo, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. It is home to 5,243 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 43% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units2,018

Renter share64.3%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate6.4%

Median income$158,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Mateo and the region

Centroid at 37.5437, -122.2787 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Mateo scores 7.6

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

6.4% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$3,473 rent vs county FMR

5.5

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: 44

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

30%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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.

9.8%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
11.2%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
20.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Mateo

Cost burden runs 34% here against 44.9% across San Mateo County. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10.

19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $3,473, 13% above the San Mateo average. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $158,208. 64% 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 06081608400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081608400?

Census tract 06081608400 in San Mateo scores 7.6/10 (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 06081608400?

Median gross rent is $3,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081608400?

6.4% of residents in tract 06081608400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,243.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081608400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 12th, minority 80th, housing 76th.

What share of households in tract 06081608400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06081608400 compare to San Mateo overall?

Tract 06081608400 scores 7.6/10, right in line with 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.