Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Ben Lomond Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06087120302 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 3,729 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Ben Lomond
Census tract 06087120302 covers part of Ben Lomond, CA, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,448
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$112,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ben Lomond and the region
Centroid at 37.0725, -122.0893 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ben Lomond scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ben Lomond
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,527 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ben Lomond
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ben Lomond
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ben Lomond
6.0
How Ben Lomond compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ben Lomond
Cost burden runs 71% here against 48.5% across Santa Cruz County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10.
Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $2,527, close to the Ben Lomond average.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $112,083. 32% 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 06087120302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087120302?
Census tract 06087120302 in Ben Lomond scores 5.8/10 (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 06087120302?
Median gross rent is $2,527/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087120302?
5.5% of residents in tract 06087120302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087120302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 58th, minority 21th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06087120302 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06087120302 compare to Ben Lomond overall?
Tract 06087120302 scores 5.8/10, lower than the parent city of Ben Lomond at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ben Lomond; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ben Lomond
Top eight tracts in Ben Lomond ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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