Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Maria Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06083002101 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 4,805

Tract 06083002101 sits in Santa Maria, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 4,805. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 32% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,538

Renter share59.2%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate13.7%

Median income$91,163

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Maria and the region

Centroid at 34.9495, -120.4266 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Maria scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Maria

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.7% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$2,024 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Maria

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Maria

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Maria

7.4

How Santa Maria compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

69%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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.

21.1%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
24.2%Food insecurity
20.3%SNAP enrollment
12.4%Transit barriers
17.8%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
33.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Maria

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Santa Barbara County average of 51.2%. It sits 0.8 points above the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,024, close to the Santa Maria average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $91,163. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06083002101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002101?

Census tract 06083002101 in Santa Maria scores 7.8/10 (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 06083002101?

Median gross rent is $2,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002101?

13.7% of residents in tract 06083002101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,805.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 80th, minority 88th, housing 81th.

What share of households in tract 06083002101 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083002101 compare to Santa Maria overall?

Tract 06083002101 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Maria at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Maria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Maria

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