Sequoia Tract Eviction Risk: Elevated , Redwood City

Well under the midpoint, 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. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

Against San Mateo County at 44.9%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally.

At $3,501 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Redwood City commands. Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $232,500.

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.