Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally
Rosamond Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029005804 · Kern, CA · pop 5,523
How risky is Rosamond for landlords? Census tract 06029005804 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,172 a month while the average household earns $67,628 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,786
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate28.3%
Median income$67,628
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rosamond and the region
Centroid at 34.8582, -118.1516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rosamond scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rosamond
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
28.3% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rosamond
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rosamond
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rosamond
8.0
How Rosamond compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 26.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.6%Food insecurity
- 35.8%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 16.9%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rosamond
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Rosamond, 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 Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th 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 26.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.8% 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 06029005804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005804?
Census tract 06029005804 in Rosamond scores 7.8/10 (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 06029005804?
Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005804?
28.3% of residents in tract 06029005804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 99th, minority 84th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005804 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.4% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005804 compare to Rosamond overall?
Tract 06029005804 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Rosamond at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rosamond; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rosamond
Top eight tracts in Rosamond ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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