Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

Adults with no health insurance runs 28.0% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,055 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Bakersfield commands.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2.6/10.

15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $50,518. 54% 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.