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Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Rosa Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06097151505 · Sonoma, CA · pop 1,305 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Santa Rosa

Census tract 06097151505 covers part of Santa Rosa, CA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 100%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 0% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units504
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$156,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 45 tracts In Santa Rosa
Very Low
Within county
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 121 tracts In Sonoma
Low
Within state
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#6,743 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#17,132 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Rosa and the region

Centroid at 38.3861, -122.6520 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Rosa scores 6.2

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
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,640 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 6.26.2This tracttract 151505Santa Rosa: 7.37.3Santa Rosaparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Sonoma County average of 49.9%. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10. At $2,640 a month, rents run 23% over what the rest of Santa Rosa commands.

Food insecurity runs 6.6% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Sonoma County average of 6.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06097151505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097151505?

Census tract 06097151505 in Santa Rosa scores 6.2/10 (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 06097151505?

Median gross rent is $2,640/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06097151505?

1.2% of residents in tract 06097151505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,305.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06097151505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 10th, minority 7th, housing 0th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06097151505 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06097151505 compare to Santa Rosa overall?

Tract 06097151505 scores 6.2/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Rosa at 7.3/10. 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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