Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Oildale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06029005103 · Kern, CA · pop 2,163 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Oildale

Census tract 06029005103 covers part of Oildale, CA, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,163. Cost burden runs 89% here against 49.2% across Kern County.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 3% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units978

Renter share31.1%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate8.2%

Median income$42,604

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oildale and the region

Centroid at 35.4844, -118.9833 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oildale scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Oildale

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.2% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,083 rent vs county FMR

2.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Oildale

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Oildale

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Oildale

8.6

How Oildale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

54%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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.

12.1%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
15.0%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
37.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oildale

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.

Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,083 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Oildale commands. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $42,604. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06029005103

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005103?

Census tract 06029005103 in Oildale scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06029005103?

Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005103?

8.2% of residents in tract 06029005103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,163.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 93th, minority 55th, housing 39th.

What share of households in tract 06029005103 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06029005103 compare to Oildale overall?

Tract 06029005103 scores 7.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Oildale at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oildale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oildale

Top eight tracts in Oildale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.