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Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Magalia Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06007001702 · Butte, CA · pop 4,450 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Magalia

In Magalia, census tract 06007001702 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 76% of US census tracts.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,627 a month against an average household income of $60,401 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 6% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,619
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$60,401

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Magalia
Moderate
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 54 tracts In Butte
Low
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#3,224 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#8,912 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Magalia and the region

Centroid at 39.8277, -121.6190 · click any tract to drill in

Why Magalia scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Magalia
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,627 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Magalia
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Magalia
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Magalia
8.1

How Magalia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Magalia risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 001702Magalia: 7.97.9Magaliaparent cityCounty: 6.56.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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)

  • 25Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2014)
  • 25Filings 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 Magalia

What moves this score most is rent-control risk 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 Magalia, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Butte County average of 5.9 and in line with 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 57th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06007001702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06007001702?

Census tract 06007001702 in Magalia scores 6.3/10 (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 06007001702?

Median gross rent is $1,627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06007001702?

11.3% of residents in tract 06007001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,450.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06007001702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 66th, minority 35th, housing 52th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 06007001702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 06007001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 06007001702 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06007001702 compare to Magalia overall?

Tract 06007001702 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Magalia at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Magalia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Magalia

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

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