Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Wasco Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029004302 · Kern, CA · pop 4,321
06029004302 is a census tract in Wasco, CA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,321 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
5.2
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
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very 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 5.2
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
Food insecurity runs 33.9% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.5% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8/10.
Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler. Model confidence here is 45%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029004302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004302?
Census tract 06029004302 in Wasco scores 5.2/10 (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 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Wasco at 6.6/10. 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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