Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally
Lamont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029006403 · Kern, CA · pop 5,953
Tract 06029006403 covers Lamont in California. Home to 5,953 residents, it scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 98th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $998 a month against an average household income of $32,356 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,603
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate36.2%
Median income$32,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lamont and the region
Centroid at 35.2597, -118.9233 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lamont scores 8.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lamont
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
36.2% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lamont
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lamont
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lamont
9.0
How Lamont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 37.6%Housing insecurity
- 20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 49.1%Food insecurity
- 47.8%SNAP enrollment
- 24.1%Transit barriers
- 32.9%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 47.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lamont
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Lamont, 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 predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 37.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.9% 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029006403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029006403?
Census tract 06029006403 in Lamont scores 8.8/10 (High 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 06029006403?
Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029006403?
36.2% of residents in tract 06029006403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,953.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029006403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 91th, minority 94th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029006403 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.6% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029006403 compare to Lamont overall?
Tract 06029006403 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lamont at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lamont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lamont
Top eight tracts in Lamont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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