Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029005409 · Kern, CA · pop 4,435 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Ridgecrest
Census tract 06029005409 covers part of Ridgecrest, CA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,435 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,835
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$102,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgecrest and the region
Centroid at 35.6167, -117.6606 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgecrest scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgecrest
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,513 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgecrest
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgecrest
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgecrest
4.9
How Ridgecrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest
Against Kern County at 49.2%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. At $1,513 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Ridgecrest commands.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $102,233, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler.
41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005409
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005409?
Census tract 06029005409 in Ridgecrest scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 06029005409?
Median gross rent is $1,513/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005409?
7.8% of residents in tract 06029005409 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005409?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 57th, minority 51th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005409 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005409 compare to Ridgecrest overall?
Tract 06029005409 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Ridgecrest at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgecrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ridgecrest
Top eight tracts in Ridgecrest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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