Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Aptos Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06087122004 · Santa Cruz, CA · pop 3,096
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 06087122004 reflects conditions in Aptos, California. That is riskier than roughly 13% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $141,964 a year. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,091
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$141,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Aptos and the region
Centroid at 36.9879, -121.9115 · click any tract to drill in
Why Aptos scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Aptos
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Aptos
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Aptos
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Aptos
2.9
How Aptos compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Aptos
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Aptos, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Santa Cruz County average of 5.3 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06087122004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06087122004?
Census tract 06087122004 in Aptos scores 2.2/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 06087122004?
1.5% of residents in tract 06087122004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,096.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06087122004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 6th, minority 37th, housing 91th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 06087122004 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 06087122004 compare to Aptos overall?
Tract 06087122004 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Aptos at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Aptos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Aptos
Top eight tracts in Aptos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related