Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029001801 · Kern, CA · pop 5,752
Census tract 06029001801 covers part of Bakersfield, CA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,752. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,949
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$54,657
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
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 35.3602, -119.0495 · 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
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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.
- 23.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.5%Food insecurity
- 29.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 17.0%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield
Cost burden runs 57% here against 49.2% across Kern County. Food insecurity runs 29.5% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,202 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Bakersfield commands. Housing insecurity runs 23.3% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Bakersfield eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 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 housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kern County average of 6.4 closely.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $54,657.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029001801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029001801?
Census tract 06029001801 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 06029001801?
Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029001801?
13.6% of residents in tract 06029001801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,752.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029001801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 74th, minority 80th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029001801 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.3% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029001801 compare to Bakersfield overall?
Tract 06029001801 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
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/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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