1 census tracts · pop 2,219 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.6–5.6
Sand Canyon maps to a single census tract in Santa Clarita, CA, population 2,219. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. 59% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Against a Santa Clarita baseline of 35.8%, 59% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Food insecurity affects 9.0% of adults, 8.8 points below the national rate.
4.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Santa Clarita, it ranks #9 by risk, the lower third.
Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Plum Canyon and Copper Hill score within a fraction of it. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sand Canyon vs Santa ClaritaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport7%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sand Canyon
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.3%Housing insecurity
3.9%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
4.6%No health insurance
27.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sand Canyon
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sand Canyon?
Sand Canyon scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Sand Canyon compare to Santa Clarita overall?
Sand Canyon scores 1.4 points lower than Santa Clarita overall (7/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 36% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Sand Canyon residents are renters?
4% of Sand Canyon households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Santa Clarita). The neighborhood has 2,219 residents.
Q4
Is Sand Canyon a high social-vulnerability area?
Sand Canyon sits in the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is Sand Canyon for landlords?
Sand Canyon carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Santa Clarita as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Sand Canyon?
Sand Canyon has 2,297 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.1%), Hispanic / Latino (21.9%), Other / Multiracial (9.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
