Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Morro Bay Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06079010602 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 3,919 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Morro Bay
Census tract 06079010602 covers part of Morro Bay, CA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,951
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$83,919
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morro Bay and the region
Centroid at 35.3555, -120.8383 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morro Bay scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morro Bay
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,747 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morro Bay
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morro Bay
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morro Bay
6.0
How Morro Bay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morro Bay
The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Cost burden runs 59% here against 51.5% across San Luis Obispo County. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,747, close to the Morro Bay average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $83,919.
44% 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 06079010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079010602?
Census tract 06079010602 in Morro Bay scores 6.8/10 (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 06079010602?
Median gross rent is $1,747/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079010602?
10.9% of residents in tract 06079010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,919.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 57th, minority 37th, housing 62th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079010602 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079010602 compare to Morro Bay overall?
Tract 06079010602 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Morro Bay at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morro Bay; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Morro Bay
Top eight tracts in Morro Bay ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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