Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06007000404 · Butte, CA · pop 3,642 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Chico
Tract 06007000404 sits in Chico, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. It is home to 3,642 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,444
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$116,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chico and the region
Centroid at 39.7578, -121.8820 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chico scores 6
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,583 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chico
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $116,333, annual rent is just 16%.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.
It tracks the Butte County average of 6.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,583, close to the Chico average. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06007000404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000404?
Census tract 06007000404 in Chico scores 6/10 (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 06007000404?
Median gross rent is $1,583/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06007000404?
7.0% of residents in tract 06007000404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,642.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06007000404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 35th, minority 24th, housing 24th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06007000404 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06007000404 compare to Chico overall?
Tract 06007000404 scores 6/10, lower 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.
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