Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeside Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029003222 · Kern, CA · pop 2,102 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Lakeside
Eviction risk in Lakeside centers on tract 06029003222, which scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,102 residents. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,343 a month against an average household income of $56,977 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units566
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$56,977
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeside and the region
Centroid at 35.1900, -119.1009 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeside scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakeside
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,343 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakeside
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakeside
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakeside
4.6
How Lakeside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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.
- 17.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.4%Food insecurity
- 21.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeside
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 Lakeside, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kern County average of 6.1 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029003222
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029003222?
Census tract 06029003222 in Lakeside scores 6.5/10 (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 06029003222?
Median gross rent is $1,343/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029003222?
18.4% of residents in tract 06029003222 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,102.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029003222?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 87th, minority 79th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029003222 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.4% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029003222 compare to Lakeside overall?
Tract 06029003222 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Lakeside at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakeside; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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