Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Nipomo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06079012404 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 5,953
Tract 06079012404 covers Nipomo in California. Home to 5,953 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,793 monthly, set against $100,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,070
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$100,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nipomo and the region
Centroid at 35.0372, -120.5046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nipomo scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nipomo
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,793 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nipomo
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nipomo
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nipomo
5.2
How Nipomo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nipomo
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.9/10. 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 Nipomo, 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 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% 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 06079012404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012404?
Census tract 06079012404 in Nipomo scores 3.8/10 (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 06079012404?
Median gross rent is $1,793/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012404?
10.4% of residents in tract 06079012404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,953.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 71th, minority 67th, housing 81th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012404 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012404 compare to Nipomo overall?
Tract 06079012404 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Nipomo at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nipomo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nipomo
Top eight tracts in Nipomo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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