Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Elevated

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10.

Food insecurity runs 32.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. roughly one in two of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,131, close to the Ridgecrest average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $50,714.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.