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Census Tract · Ranked #2,214 of 84,120 nationally

Guadalupe Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06083002504 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 6,920 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Guadalupe

Census tract 06083002504 belongs to Guadalupe, California. It is home to 6,920 residents and scores 6.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,622 monthly, set against $74,474 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 24% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,634
Renter share44.6%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$74,474

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Guadalupe
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 108 tracts In Santa Barbara
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#1,003 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,214 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Guadalupe and the region

Centroid at 34.9680, -120.5810 · click any tract to drill in

Why Guadalupe scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Guadalupe
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,622 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Guadalupe
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Guadalupe
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Guadalupe
8.8

How Guadalupe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Guadalupe risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.97.9This tracttract 002504Guadalupe: 8.38.3Guadalupeparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Guadalupe

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 8.8/10. 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 Guadalupe, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Santa Barbara County average of 5.5 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06083002504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002504?

Census tract 06083002504 in Guadalupe scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06083002504?

Median gross rent is $1,622/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002504?

31.1% of residents in tract 06083002504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,920.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 82th, minority 94th, housing 30th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06083002504 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.7% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06083002504 compare to Guadalupe overall?

Tract 06083002504 scores 7.9/10, lower than the parent city of Guadalupe at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Guadalupe; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Guadalupe

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

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