Census Tract · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally

Porterville Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06107004102 · Tulare, CA · pop 2,180 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Porterville

Census tract 06107004102 belongs to Porterville, California. It is home to 2,180 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $866 a month while the average household earns $49,467 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 34% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units653

Renter share51.9%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate20.5%

Median income$49,467

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Porterville and the region

Centroid at 36.0456, -119.0245 · click any tract to drill in

Why Porterville scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Porterville

5.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

20.5% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$866 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Porterville

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Porterville

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Porterville

7.8

How Porterville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

94%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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.

27.8%Housing insecurity
15.2%Utility-shutoff threat
37.5%Food insecurity
37.1%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
24.0%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
44.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Porterville

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Porterville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tulare County average of 6.0 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.2% 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 06107004102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06107004102?

Census tract 06107004102 in Porterville scores 7.6/10 (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 06107004102?

Median gross rent is $866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06107004102?

20.5% of residents in tract 06107004102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,180.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06107004102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 92th, minority 89th, housing 85th.

What share of households in tract 06107004102 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.8% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06107004102 compare to Porterville overall?

Tract 06107004102 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Porterville at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Porterville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Porterville

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