Santa Maria Eviction Risk: High

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 1.9 points above the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,439, 25% below the Santa Maria average. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 29.3% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.5% against 11.3% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.

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.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for about half of renters. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $62,719.

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.