Funk Zone Eviction Risk: High , Santa Barbara

At $1,537 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Santa Barbara commands. Against the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally.

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Santa Barbara County average of 51.2%. Nationally it ranks #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.