Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029000800 · Kern, CA · pop 5,353
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 06029000800 in Bakersfield, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,353. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,559
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$73,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bakersfield and the region
Centroid at 35.4041, -118.9760 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bakersfield scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,583 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 25.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 18.3%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield
SNAP participation runs 25.3% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.8% against 14.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 14.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Against Kern County at 49.2%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Bakersfield eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Kern County average of 6.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,583, close to the Bakersfield average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $73,179. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000800?
Census tract 06029000800 in Bakersfield scores 6.2/10 (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 06029000800?
Median gross rent is $1,583/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000800?
17.7% of residents in tract 06029000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,353.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 89th, minority 81th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029000800 compare to Bakersfield overall?
Tract 06029000800 scores 6.2/10, right in line with 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.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029000701
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002814
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002001
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002815
7.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06029002002
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002100
7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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