Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Tehachapi Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029006101 · Kern, CA · pop 3,928 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Tehachapi
Here is how census tract 06029006101, in Tehachapi, looks to a landlord: a 6.2/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 3,928. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,206 a month while the average household earns $44,983 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,707
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$44,983
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tehachapi and the region
Centroid at 35.1313, -118.4436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tehachapi scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tehachapi
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tehachapi
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tehachapi
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tehachapi
6.2
How Tehachapi compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.2%Food insecurity
- 22.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tehachapi
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Tehachapi, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kern County average of 6.1 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 87th 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 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 06029006101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029006101?
Census tract 06029006101 in Tehachapi scores 6.4/10 (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 06029006101?
Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029006101?
12.3% of residents in tract 06029006101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,928.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029006101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 92th, minority 54th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029006101 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029006101 compare to Tehachapi overall?
Tract 06029006101 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Tehachapi at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tehachapi; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tehachapi
Top eight tracts in Tehachapi ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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