Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029000905 · Kern, CA · pop 2,784
Census tract 06029000905 covers part of Hillcrest, CA, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,784. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Kern County average of 49.2%.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units837
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$63,657
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hillcrest and the region
Centroid at 35.3795, -118.9585 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hillcrest
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,387 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hillcrest
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hillcrest
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hillcrest
8.4
How Hillcrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.1%Food insecurity
- 25.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 18.6%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.1% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,387 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Hillcrest commands. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 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 least pressured. It tracks the Kern County average of 6.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $63,657.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000905?
Census tract 06029000905 in Hillcrest scores 6.9/10 (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 06029000905?
Median gross rent is $1,387/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000905?
12.1% of residents in tract 06029000905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,784.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 66th, minority 80th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029000905 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029000905 compare to Hillcrest overall?
Tract 06029000905 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Hillcrest at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hillcrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hillcrest
Top eight tracts in Hillcrest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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