Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Freedom Eviction Risk: Elevated , Watsonville
Tract 06087110602 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 3,465 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 06087110602 in the Freedom area of Watsonville, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,465 residents. Against Santa Cruz County at 48.5%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,023
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$77,793
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Watsonville and the region
Centroid at 36.9249, -121.7836 · click any tract to drill in
Why Freedom scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Watsonville
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Watsonville
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Watsonville
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Watsonville
7.5
How Freedom compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Freedom. 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.
- 21.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.9%Food insecurity
- 19.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 20.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Freedom
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,373, 27% below the Watsonville average. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.8% against 11.3% nationally.
It sits 0.9 points above the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $77,793. 44% 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 06087110602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087110602?
Census tract 06087110602 in the Freedom neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06087110602?
Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087110602?
2.8% of residents in tract 06087110602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,465.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087110602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 71th, minority 89th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 06087110602 considered part of Freedom?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06087110602 fall within Freedom (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06087110602 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.7% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06087110602 compare to Watsonville overall?
Tract 06087110602 scores 7.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Watsonville at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Watsonville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Watsonville
Top eight tracts in Watsonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · CA
Freedom
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Freedom
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Colache Town
8.7
/ 10 · High
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