Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Wasco Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029004302 · Kern, CA · pop 4,321
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 06029004302 reflects conditions in Wasco, California. It lands near the 73rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wasco and the region
Centroid at 35.5906, -119.4114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wasco scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wasco
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wasco
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wasco
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wasco
8.0
How Wasco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- -1,000%Socioeconomic
- -1,000%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- -1,000%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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.9%Food insecurity
- 29.5%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 26.0%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wasco
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Wasco, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 1000th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029004302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004302?
Census tract 06029004302 in Wasco scores 4.7/10 (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
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029004302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 87th, housing -1000th.
Q3
What share of households in tract 06029004302 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q4
How does tract 06029004302 compare to Wasco overall?
Tract 06029004302 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Wasco at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wasco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wasco
Top eight tracts in Wasco ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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