Eastern Goleta Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate

It sits 2.0 points below the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.7/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. At $3,481 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Eastern Goleta Valley commands.

The voucher gap is 15.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 6.9/10.

Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 51% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $138,529.

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.