Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Oceano Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06079012201 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 3,323 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Oceano
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06079012201 (Oceano, California) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,234 a month while the average household earns $76,147 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,370
Renter share53.6%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$76,147
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oceano and the region
Centroid at 35.1075, -120.6241 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oceano scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oceano
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oceano
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oceano
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oceano
6.4
How Oceano compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 73%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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.3%Food insecurity
- 21.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oceano
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Oceano, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Luis Obispo County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 77th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06079012201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012201?
Census tract 06079012201 in Oceano scores 7.4/10 (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 06079012201?
Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012201?
27.2% of residents in tract 06079012201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,323.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 99th, minority 73th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012201 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012201 compare to Oceano overall?
Tract 06079012201 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Oceano at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oceano; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oceano
Top eight tracts in Oceano ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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