Colache Town Eviction Risk: High , Watsonville

92% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Santa Cruz County average of 48.5%. At $3,351 a month, rents run 77% over what the rest of Watsonville commands.

Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $81,488, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10.

It sits 1.9 points above the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.2/10. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.