Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally
Chico Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06007001200 · Butte, CA · pop 3,821 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Chico
06007001200 is a census tract in Chico, CA. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,821 residents. The severe-burden share is 47%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share78.8%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate37.1%
Median income$47,950
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chico and the region
Centroid at 39.6982, -121.8143 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chico scores 8.8
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
37.1% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,552 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 16Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings 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.
- 18.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 27.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 23.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chico
Against Butte County at 49.5%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Running hot, economic stress reads 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Butte County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points.
Set annual rent against average income of $47,950 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.
SNAP participation runs 27.3% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 16 evictions over 1 years of observation. 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. Nationally it ranks #4,622 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06007001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007001200?
Census tract 06007001200 in Chico scores 8.8/10 (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 06007001200?
Median gross rent is $1,552/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06007001200?
37.1% of residents in tract 06007001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,821.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06007001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 27th, minority 52th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 06007001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 06007001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.53% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 06007001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.0% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06007001200 compare to Chico overall?
Tract 06007001200 scores 8.8/10, 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
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/ 10 · High
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No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
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No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
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No sidewalk riding district
8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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06007001300
8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.3
/ 10 · High
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