Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Wasco Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029004304 · Kern, CA · pop 2,590 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Wasco
With a score of 6.7/10, tract 06029004304 in Wasco, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,590 residents. The severe-burden share is 65%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$60,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wasco and the region
Centroid at 35.6087, -119.3445 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wasco scores 6.7
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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$639 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 32.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 26.7%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wasco
Cost burden runs 65% here against 49.2% across Kern County. Average gross rent is $639, 41% below the Wasco average. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Food insecurity runs 37.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 32.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10.
That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $60,455, annual rent is just 13%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
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 06029004304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004304?
Census tract 06029004304 in Wasco scores 6.7/10 (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 06029004304?
Median gross rent is $639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029004304?
14.7% of residents in tract 06029004304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029004304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029004304 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029004304 compare to Wasco overall?
Tract 06029004304 scores 6.7/10, right in line with 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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