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Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Rosa Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06097151503 · Sonoma, CA · pop 3,165 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Santa Rosa

Tract 06097151503 covers Santa Rosa in California. Home to 3,165 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #25,789 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 65% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $173,750 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 1% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,252
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$173,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 45 tracts In Santa Rosa
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 121 tracts In Sonoma
Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#7,168 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,763 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Rosa and the region

Centroid at 38.4125, -122.6287 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Rosa scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Santa Rosa
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Rosa
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Rosa
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Rosa
6.1

How Santa Rosa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Santa Rosa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 151503Santa Rosa: 8.08.0Santa Rosaparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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 Santa Rosa

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Santa Rosa eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Sonoma County average of 5.5 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06097151503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097151503?

Census tract 06097151503 in Santa Rosa scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 06097151503?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06097151503?

3.7% of residents in tract 06097151503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,165.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06097151503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 15th, minority 32th, housing 20th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06097151503 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06097151503 compare to Santa Rosa overall?

Tract 06097151503 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Rosa at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Rosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Rosa

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

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