Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
Los Banos Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06047002301 · Merced, CA · pop 9,371 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Los Banos
Eviction risk in Los Banos in Merced County centers on tract 06047002301, which scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 9,371 residents. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,782 monthly, set against $84,147 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,838
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$84,147
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Los Banos and the region
Centroid at 37.0496, -120.8634 · click any tract to drill in
Why Los Banos scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Los Banos
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,782 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Banos
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Banos
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Banos
7.2
How Los Banos compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 20.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Los Banos
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Los Banos, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Merced County average of 6.0 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 06047002301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047002301?
Census tract 06047002301 in Los Banos scores 6.6/10 (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 06047002301?
Median gross rent is $1,782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047002301?
15.3% of residents in tract 06047002301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,371.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047002301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047002301 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047002301 compare to Los Banos overall?
Tract 06047002301 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Los Banos at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Banos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Los Banos
Top eight tracts in Los Banos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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