Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Poplar-Cotton Center Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06107003401 · Tulare, CA · pop 4,148 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Poplar-Cotton Center
Tract 06107003401 sits in Poplar-Cotton Center, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. Against Tulare County at 45.5%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,131
Renter share42.6%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$53,460
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Poplar-Cotton Center and the region
Centroid at 36.0326, -119.0936 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poplar-Cotton Center scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Poplar-Cotton Center
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Poplar-Cotton Center
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Poplar-Cotton Center
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Poplar-Cotton Center
6.6
How Poplar-Cotton Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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.
- 23.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.3%Food insecurity
- 28.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.2%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poplar-Cotton Center
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 21.7% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Tulare County average of 6.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,012, close to the Poplar-Cotton Center average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $53,460.
43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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.
Frequently asked
About tract 06107003401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06107003401?
Census tract 06107003401 in Poplar-Cotton Center scores 6.9/10 (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 06107003401?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06107003401?
16.1% of residents in tract 06107003401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,148.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06107003401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 64th, minority 82th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06107003401 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.9% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06107003401 compare to Poplar-Cotton Center overall?
Tract 06107003401 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Poplar-Cotton Center at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Poplar-Cotton Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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