Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Capitola Esplanade Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06087121602 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 2,685 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
06087121602 is a census tract in the Capitola Esplanade area of Pleasure Point, CA. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 48.5% across Santa Cruz County.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,196
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$97,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Capitola and the region
Centroid at 36.9666, -121.9602 · click any tract to drill in
Why Capitola Esplanade scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Capitola
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,896 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Capitola
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Capitola
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Capitola
4.3
How Capitola Esplanade compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Capitola Esplanade. 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Capitola Esplanade
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.2/10. At $1,896 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Pleasure Point commands.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $97,500.
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 06087121602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087121602?
Census tract 06087121602 in the Capitola Esplanade neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 06087121602?
Median gross rent is $1,896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06087121602?
11.6% of residents in tract 06087121602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087121602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 38th, minority 38th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 06087121602 considered part of Capitola Esplanade?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06087121602 fall within Capitola Esplanade (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06087121602 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06087121602 compare to Capitola overall?
Tract 06087121602 scores 6.8/10, lower than the parent city of Capitola at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Capitola; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Capitola
Top eight tracts in Capitola ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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