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Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Petaluma Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06097150602 · Sonoma, CA · pop 4,841

Tract 06097150602 sits in Petaluma, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 4,841. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Sonoma County average of 49.9%.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 11% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,630
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$104,853

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 14 tracts In Petaluma
Elevated
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#70 of 121 tracts In Sonoma
Moderate
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#5,752 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#14,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Petaluma and the region

Centroid at 38.2441, -122.6068 · click any tract to drill in

Why Petaluma scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Petaluma
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,408 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petaluma
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petaluma
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petaluma
5.8

How Petaluma compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Petaluma risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 150602Petaluma: 7.17.1Petalumaparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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 Petaluma

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.

Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06097150602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097150602?

Census tract 06097150602 in Petaluma scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06097150602?

Median gross rent is $2,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06097150602?

5.2% of residents in tract 06097150602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,841.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06097150602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 14th, minority 47th, housing 9th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06097150602 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06097150602 compare to Petaluma overall?

Tract 06097150602 scores 6.7/10, lower than the parent city of Petaluma at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petaluma; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Petaluma

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

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