Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06007000202 · Butte, CA · pop 3,706
06007000202 is a census tract in Chico, CA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,706. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,660
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$60,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chico and the region
Centroid at 39.7639, -121.8495 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chico scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chico
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chico
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chico
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chico
8.4
How Chico compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 28Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2014)
- 28Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 18.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chico
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.
Against the Butte County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 28 evictions over 1 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,328, 11% below the Chico average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06007000202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000202?
Census tract 06007000202 in Chico scores 7.8/10 (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 06007000202?
Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06007000202?
16.9% of residents in tract 06007000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,706.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06007000202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 76th, minority 54th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 06007000202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 06007000202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 06007000202 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06007000202 compare to Chico overall?
Tract 06007000202 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Chico at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chico; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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