Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Weldon Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029005203 · Kern, CA · pop 4,278 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Weldon
Tract 06029005203 sits in Weldon, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. It is home to 4,278 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,067
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$40,423
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Weldon and the region
Centroid at 35.5170, -118.2658 · click any tract to drill in
Why Weldon scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Weldon
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Weldon
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Weldon
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Weldon
9.2
How Weldon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 24.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 44.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Weldon
The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 9.2/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.1/10. Cost burden runs 61% here against 49.2% across Kern County.
Set annual rent against average income of $40,423 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 44.6% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.2 points above the Kern County average of 6.4. SNAP participation runs 24.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 17% 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 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005203?
Census tract 06029005203 in Weldon scores 7.6/10 (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 06029005203?
Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005203?
24.4% of residents in tract 06029005203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 80th, minority 15th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005203 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005203 compare to Weldon overall?
Tract 06029005203 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Weldon at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Weldon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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