Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Avila Beach Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06079011600 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 4,294 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Avila Beach
How risky is Avila Beach for landlords? Census tract 06079011600 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,061 monthly, set against $155,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,820
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$155,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Avila Beach and the region
Centroid at 35.2164, -120.7502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avila Beach scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Avila Beach
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,061 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Avila Beach
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Avila Beach
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Avila Beach
7.2
How Avila Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 12.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avila Beach
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Avila Beach, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th 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 06079011600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079011600?
Census tract 06079011600 in Avila Beach scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 06079011600?
Median gross rent is $2,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079011600?
7.6% of residents in tract 06079011600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,294.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079011600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 9th, minority 15th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079011600 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079011600 compare to Avila Beach overall?
Tract 06079011600 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Avila Beach at 7.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Avila Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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