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Census Tract · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Chico Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06007000800 · Butte, CA · pop 6,161

Chico is where census tract 06007000800 sits, home to 6,161 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.4/10. That is riskier than about 86% of US census tracts.

59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,614 monthly, set against $79,390 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.8
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
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#26 of 54 tracts In Butte
Moderate
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#2,402 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,690 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very 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 6.8

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 / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 000800Chico: 7.87.8Chicoparent cityCounty: 6.56.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg 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 heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chico, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Butte County average of 5.9 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.9% of renter households in 2014.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06007000800

Q1

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

Census tract 06007000800 in Chico scores 6.8/10 (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 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 6.8/10, lower than the parent city of Chico at 7.8/10. 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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