Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06029000508 · Kern, CA · pop 1,643 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Bakersfield

06029000508 is a census tract in Bakersfield, CA. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,643. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 11% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units646

Renter share17.8%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate2.4%

Median income$137,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bakersfield and the region

Centroid at 35.4309, -119.0877 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bakersfield scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bakersfield

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

2.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bakersfield

4.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bakersfield

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bakersfield

5.5

How Bakersfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

7%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
34%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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.

8.6%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
28.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield

Against Kern County at 49.2%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.7 points.

Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.8 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06029000508

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000508?

Census tract 06029000508 in Bakersfield scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000508?

2.4% of residents in tract 06029000508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,643.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000508?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 18th, minority 34th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 06029000508 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06029000508 compare to Bakersfield overall?

Tract 06029000508 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Bakersfield at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bakersfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bakersfield

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