Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Thousand Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Kensington

Tract 06013390200 · Contra Costa, CA · pop 1,820 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

In the Thousand Oaks area of Kensington, census tract 06013390200 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,705 a month against an average household income of $175,250 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 8% Owners 86%

Tract context

Occupied units795

Renter share14.2%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate0.9%

Median income$175,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kensington and the region

Centroid at 37.9045, -122.2912 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thousand Oaks scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kensington

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

0.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,705 rent vs county FMR

5.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kensington

6.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kensington

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kensington

5.3

How Thousand Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

7%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
26%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Thousand Oaks. 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.

5.3%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
5.4%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
3.8%Transit barriers
3.3%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
21.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thousand Oaks

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Kensington, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Contra Costa County average of 5.7 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06013390200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06013390200?

Census tract 06013390200 in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06013390200?

Median gross rent is $2,705/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06013390200?

0.9% of residents in tract 06013390200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,820.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06013390200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 40th, minority 51th, housing 26th.

Is tract 06013390200 considered part of Thousand Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06013390200 fall within Thousand Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06013390200 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06013390200 compare to Kensington overall?

Tract 06013390200 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Kensington at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kensington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06013390200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kensington

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