Kensington Square Eviction Risk: High , Redwood City

Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 91% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.4/10.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $80,438, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Against the San Mateo County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $2,399, 19% below the Redwood City average. Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #5,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.