Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally
Wasco Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029004402 · Kern, CA · pop 4,600
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06029004402 (Wasco, California) comes in at 6.9/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $914 monthly, set against $29,515 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,316
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$29,515
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wasco and the region
Centroid at 35.5917, -119.3338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wasco scores 8.7
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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$914 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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.
- 35.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.1%Food insecurity
- 44.9%SNAP enrollment
- 22.5%Transit barriers
- 30.2%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 47.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wasco
The heaviest input here is 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 35.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino 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.
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 06029004402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004402?
Census tract 06029004402 in Wasco scores 8.7/10 (High 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 06029004402?
Median gross rent is $914/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029004402?
30.7% of residents in tract 06029004402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,600.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029004402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 82th, minority 97th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029004402 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.0% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029004402 compare to Wasco overall?
Tract 06029004402 scores 8.7/10, higher 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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