Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029003126 · Kern, CA · pop 5,823 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Bakersfield
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 06029003126 in Bakersfield, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,823 residents. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,782
Renter share70.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$52,013
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bakersfield and the region
Centroid at 35.3140, -119.0121 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bakersfield scores 7.4
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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.3%Food insecurity
- 38.9%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 25.9%No health insurance
- 23.4%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield
Against Kern County at 49.2%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Average gross rent is $1,121, 24% below the Bakersfield average. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 3.1/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Kern County average of 6.4.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $52,013.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029003126
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029003126?
Census tract 06029003126 in Bakersfield scores 7.4/10 (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 06029003126?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029003126?
23.3% of residents in tract 06029003126 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,823.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029003126?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 74th, minority 92th, housing 99th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029003126 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029003126 compare to Bakersfield overall?
Tract 06029003126 scores 7.4/10, higher 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.
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