Neighborhood · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally

Westside Eviction Risk: High , Santa Cruz

Tract 06087100500 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 5,709 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 06087100500 covers part of the Westside area of Santa Cruz, CA, and scores 9.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,709. 63% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 9% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units2,216

Renter share41.1%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate29.4%

Median income$112,244

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Cruz and the region

Centroid at 36.9709, -122.0641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 9.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Cruz

8.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

8.0

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

29.4% poverty · this tract

7.4

Supply constraint

$2,876 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Cruz

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Cruz

9.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Cruz

7.5

How Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

51%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
32%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westside. 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.

10.6%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
13.9%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
28.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westside

Cost burden runs 78% here against 48.5% across Santa Cruz County. It sits 2.6 points above the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10.

The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. At $2,876 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Santa Cruz commands.

That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $112,244. 41% 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 06087100500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087100500?

Census tract 06087100500 in the Westside neighborhood scores 9.4/10 (High 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 06087100500?

Median gross rent is $2,876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06087100500?

29.4% of residents in tract 06087100500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,709.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06087100500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 3th, minority 53th, housing 32th.

Is tract 06087100500 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06087100500 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06087100500 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06087100500 compare to Santa Cruz overall?

Tract 06087100500 scores 9.4/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Cruz at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Cruz; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Cruz

Top eight tracts in Santa Cruz ranked by composite eviction-risk score.