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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Montecito Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06083001403 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 1,691 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Montecito

Census tract 06083001403 covers part of Montecito, CA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 25% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units720
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$189,318

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Montecito
Very High
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#85 of 108 tracts In Santa Barbara
Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#7,670 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Montecito and the region

Centroid at 34.4204, -119.6358 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montecito scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Montecito
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montecito
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montecito
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montecito
6.0

How Montecito compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Montecito risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0014036.6Montecitoparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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 Montecito

The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.8/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. Against Santa Barbara County at 51.2%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.6/10. The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $3,501, close to the Montecito average.

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 06083001403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001403?

Census tract 06083001403 in Montecito scores 5.6/10 (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 06083001403?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001403?

10.6% of residents in tract 06083001403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,691.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 18th, minority 20th, housing 5th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06083001403 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06083001403 compare to Montecito overall?

Tract 06083001403 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Montecito at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montecito; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Montecito

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

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