Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Barbara Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06083000501 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 3,352 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Santa Barbara

Tract 06083000501 sits in Santa Barbara, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. It is home to 3,352 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 15% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,210

Renter share25.4%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate2.8%

Median income$212,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region

Centroid at 34.4674, -119.7080 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Barbara scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Barbara

6.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

2.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$3,501 rent vs county FMR

6.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Barbara

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Barbara

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Barbara

7.0

How Santa Barbara compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

4%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
45%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.

4.7%Housing insecurity
2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
5.0%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
3.3%No health insurance
11.8%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Barbara

At $3,501 a month, rents run 45% over what the rest of Santa Barbara commands. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 51.2% across Santa Barbara County. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

Housing insecurity runs 4.7% against 14.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.3% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06083000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083000501?

Census tract 06083000501 in Santa Barbara scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06083000501?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083000501?

2.8% of residents in tract 06083000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,352.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 6th, minority 22th, housing 45th.

What share of households in tract 06083000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083000501 compare to Santa Barbara overall?

Tract 06083000501 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Barbara at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Barbara; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Barbara

Top eight tracts in Santa Barbara ranked by composite eviction-risk score.