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Thousand Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Kensington

Tract 06013392000 · Contra Costa, CA · pop 2,588 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06013392000 sits in the Thousand Oaks area of Kensington, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

4% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,501 monthly, set against $228,438 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 13% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units988
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$228,438

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Thousand Oaks
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Kensington
Very High
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#204 of 241 tracts In Contra Costa
Very Low
Within state
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#8,937 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kensington and the region

Centroid at 37.9094, -122.2749 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thousand Oaks scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kensington
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
8.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kensington
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kensington
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kensington
4.0

How Thousand Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Thousand Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.22.2This tracttract 392000Kensington: 8.48.4Kensingtonparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thousand Oaks

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 well below 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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 06013392000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06013392000?

Census tract 06013392000 in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06013392000?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06013392000?

5.7% of residents in tract 06013392000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,588.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06013392000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 24th, minority 43th, housing 1th.
Q5

Is tract 06013392000 considered part of Thousand Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06013392000 fall within Thousand Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06013392000 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.6% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06013392000 compare to Kensington overall?

Tract 06013392000 scores 2.2/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 06013392000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.

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