Santa Maria Eviction Risk: High

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against Santa Barbara County at 51.2%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

Housing insecurity runs 29.4% against 14.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $1,658, 14% below the Santa Maria average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #4,393 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $64,836.

59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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