Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Felton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06087120301 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 4,650 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Felton
06087120301 is a census tract in Felton, CA. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,650 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,940
Renter share29.4%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$100,954
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Felton and the region
Centroid at 37.0954, -122.0954 · click any tract to drill in
Why Felton scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Felton
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,083 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Felton
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Felton
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Felton
3.4
How Felton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Felton
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Against the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Santa Cruz County average of 48.5%. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06087120301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087120301?
Census tract 06087120301 in Felton scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 06087120301?
Median gross rent is $2,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087120301?
4.7% of residents in tract 06087120301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087120301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 16th, minority 35th, housing 54th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06087120301 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06087120301 compare to Felton overall?
Tract 06087120301 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Felton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Felton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Felton
Top eight tracts in Felton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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