Capitola Esplanade Eviction Risk: Moderate

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $2,898 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Soquel commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.2/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Against the Santa Cruz County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $117,764. 38% 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.