Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
East Niles Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029000907 · Kern, CA · pop 2,256 · 80% of tract blocks fall in East Niles
Tract 06029000907 sits in East Niles, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units681
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$70,807
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Niles and the region
Centroid at 35.3797, -118.9229 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Niles scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Niles
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Niles
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Niles
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Niles
9.1
How East Niles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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.
- 23.9%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 25.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 18.7%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Niles
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 18.7% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. At $1,375 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of East Niles commands.
That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $70,807.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000907
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000907?
Census tract 06029000907 in East Niles scores 7.1/10 (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 06029000907?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000907?
17.7% of residents in tract 06029000907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,256.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000907?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 85th, minority 85th, housing 19th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029000907 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.9% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029000907 compare to East Niles overall?
Tract 06029000907 scores 7.1/10, right in line with the parent city of East Niles at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Niles; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Niles
Top eight tracts in East Niles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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