California City Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029005512 · Kern, CA · pop 3,646
California City anchors census tract 06029005512, which lands at 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $998 monthly, set against $47,756 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across California City and the region
Centroid at 35.1274, -117.9554 · click any tract to drill in
Why California City scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow California City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 16.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.7%Food insecurity
- 39.0%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 44.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in California City
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from California eviction laws City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kern County average of 6.1 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 25.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
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Highest-risk tracts in California City
Top eight tracts in California City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.