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Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

San Luis Obispo Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06079011505 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 4,703 · 20% of tract blocks fall in San Luis Obispo

Census tract 06079011505 covers part of San Luis Obispo, CA, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 15% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,762
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$113,201

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 12 tracts In San Luis Obispo
Very Low
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 69 tracts In San Luis Obispo
Elevated
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#5,095 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,481 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Luis Obispo and the region

Centroid at 35.2663, -120.5615 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Luis Obispo scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,285 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.3

How San Luis Obispo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
San Luis Obispo risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0115058.1San Luis Obispoparent city6.5Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Luis Obispo

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.3/10. Cost burden runs 59% here against 51.5% across San Luis Obispo County.

Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. At $2,285 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of San Luis Obispo commands. SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $113,201. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06079011505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079011505?

Census tract 06079011505 in San Luis Obispo scores 7.1/10 (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 06079011505?

Median gross rent is $2,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06079011505?

6.9% of residents in tract 06079011505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,703.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06079011505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 14th, minority 41th, housing 73th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06079011505 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06079011505 compare to San Luis Obispo overall?

Tract 06079011505 scores 7.1/10, lower than the parent city of San Luis Obispo at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Luis Obispo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Luis Obispo

Top eight tracts in San Luis Obispo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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