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Census Tract · Ranked #2,663 of 84,120 nationally

Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06007000300 · Butte, CA · pop 4,785

Census tract 06007000300 sits in Chico, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #17,596 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,341 a month against an average household income of $60,809 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 44% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,881
Renter share70.6%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate22.3%
Median income$60,809

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 25 tracts In Chico
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 54 tracts In Butte
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#1,218 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,663 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chico and the region

Centroid at 39.7640, -121.8642 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chico scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chico
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
22.3% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,341 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chico
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chico
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chico
8.4

How Chico compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chico risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.77.7This tracttract 000300Chico: 7.87.8Chicoparent cityCounty: 6.56.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 21Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.5%Peak (2014)
  • 21Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chico

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Chico, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Butte County average of 5.9 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06007000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000300?

Census tract 06007000300 in Chico scores 7.7/10 (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 06007000300?

Median gross rent is $1,341/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06007000300?

22.3% of residents in tract 06007000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,785.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06007000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 72th, minority 50th, housing 100th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 06007000300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 06007000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.49% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 06007000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.8% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06007000300 compare to Chico overall?

Tract 06007000300 scores 7.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Chico at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chico; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chico

Top eight tracts in Chico ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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