Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Nipomo Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06079012405 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 3,124
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 06079012405 in Nipomo, CA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,124 residents. 70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the San Luis Obispo County average of 51.5%.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units937
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$103,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nipomo and the region
Centroid at 35.0167, -120.4789 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nipomo scores 5.1
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,143 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nipomo
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.5/10. Against the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 6.9/10. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent is $2,143, close to the Nipomo average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $103,750. 29% 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 06079012405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012405?
Census tract 06079012405 in Nipomo scores 5.1/10 (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 06079012405?
Median gross rent is $2,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012405?
2.4% of residents in tract 06079012405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,124.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 74th, minority 75th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012405 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012405 compare to Nipomo overall?
Tract 06079012405 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Nipomo at 6.2/10. 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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