Delano Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029005005 · Kern, CA · pop 3,207
Here is how census tract 06029005005, in Delano, looks to a landlord: a 5.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,207. It lands near the 70th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,154 monthly, set against $65,464 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Delano and the region
Centroid at 35.7710, -119.2412 · click any tract to drill in
Why Delano scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Delano compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.1%Food insecurity
- 27.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 24.7%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Delano
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Delano, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kern County average of 6.1 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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Highest-risk tracts in Delano
Top eight tracts in Delano ranked by composite eviction-risk score.