Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Maria Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06083002210 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 6,755

Tract 06083002210 sits in Santa Maria, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

7.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 5% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units1,559

Renter share15.5%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate15.6%

Median income$99,614

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Maria and the region

Centroid at 34.9706, -120.4187 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Maria scores 7.7

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

15.6% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$2,149 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 70

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

61%Socioeconomic
75%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
54%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.

21.6%Housing insecurity
10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
27.2%Food insecurity
23.3%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
18.8%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
36.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Maria

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 51.2% across Santa Barbara County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Food insecurity runs 27.2% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. At $2,149 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Santa Maria commands. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06083002210

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002210?

Census tract 06083002210 in Santa Maria scores 7.7/10 (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 06083002210?

Median gross rent is $2,149/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002210?

15.6% of residents in tract 06083002210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,755.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002210?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 75th, minority 86th, housing 54th.

What share of households in tract 06083002210 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083002210 compare to Santa Maria overall?

Tract 06083002210 scores 7.7/10, right in line with 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.