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Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06007000800 · Butte, CA · pop 6,161

06007000800 is a census tract in Chico, CA. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,161. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 19% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,568
Renter share45.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$79,390

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 25 tracts In Chico
Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#21 of 54 tracts In Butte
Elevated
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#5,095 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,481 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chico and the region

Centroid at 39.7503, -121.8162 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chico scores 7.1

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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,614 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 / state7.1This tracttract 0008007.4Chicoparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

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)

  • 7Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2014)
  • 7Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chico

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Butte County average of 49.5%.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 0.9% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,614, 8% above the Chico average.

In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10. It tracks the Butte County average of 6.6 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06007000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007000800?

Census tract 06007000800 in Chico scores 7.1/10 (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 06007000800?

Median gross rent is $1,614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06007000800?

15.4% of residents in tract 06007000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,161.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06007000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 64th, minority 33th, housing 56th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 06007000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 06007000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.90% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 06007000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06007000800 compare to Chico overall?

Tract 06007000800 scores 7.1/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chico

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

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