Kensington Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Redwood City

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the San Mateo County average of 44.9%. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.4/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $3,501, 23% above the San Carlos average.

Food insecurity runs 5.8% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.1 points below the San Mateo County average of 7.0. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $243,214, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing 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.