No sidewalk riding district Eviction Risk: High , Chico

80% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Butte County average of 49.5%. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 51%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $36,580 and the ratio lands at 49%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

It sits 2.2 points above the Butte County average of 6.6. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

SNAP participation runs 33.4% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.9% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.1% of renter households.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.