Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
10.9%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
12.5%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
6.8%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chico
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.
Against the Butte County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,521, close to the Chico average.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $67,264. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06007000403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000403?
Census tract 06007000403 in Chico scores 7.4/10 (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 06007000403?
Median gross rent is $1,521/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06007000403?
15.5% of residents in tract 06007000403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06007000403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 74th, minority 41th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06007000403 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06007000403 compare to Chico overall?
Tract 06007000403 scores 7.4/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chico
Top eight tracts in Chico ranked by composite eviction-risk score.