Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Atascadero Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06079012502 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 5,840
Atascadero is where census tract 06079012502 sits, home to 5,840 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,819 a month while the average household earns $68,438 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,238
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$68,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atascadero and the region
Centroid at 35.4935, -120.6614 · click any tract to drill in
Why Atascadero scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atascadero
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,819 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atascadero
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atascadero
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atascadero
6.0
How Atascadero compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Atascadero
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Atascadero, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06079012502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012502?
Census tract 06079012502 in Atascadero scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 06079012502?
Median gross rent is $1,819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012502?
15.2% of residents in tract 06079012502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 26th, minority 47th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012502 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012502 compare to Atascadero overall?
Tract 06079012502 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Atascadero at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atascadero; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Atascadero
Top eight tracts in Atascadero ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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