Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Chico Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06007000300 · Butte, CA · pop 4,785
Census tract 06007000300 covers part of Chico, CA, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,785. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
8.3
High
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 county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
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 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
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.
- 16.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 23.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chico
Against Butte County at 49.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.
This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.7 points above the Butte County average of 6.6. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.
14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 21 evictions over 1 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 23.4% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,341, 10% below the Chico average.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 1.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06007000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000300?
Census tract 06007000300 in Chico scores 8.3/10 (High 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 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Chico at 7.4/10. 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.
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06007001200
8.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06007001300
8.8
/ 10 · High
Related