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Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06007000403 · Butte, CA · pop 3,528 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Chico

Tract 06007000403 sits in Chico, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 24% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,513
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$67,264

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 25 tracts In Chico
Moderate
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 54 tracts In Butte
Elevated
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4,555 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,727 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chico and the region

Centroid at 39.7511, -121.8695 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chico scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,521 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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.
Chico risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.4This tracttract 0004037.4Chicoparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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 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.

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