Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Oildale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06029000102 · Kern, CA · pop 3,154

Census tract 06029000102 covers part of Oildale, CA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,154. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 22% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units1,137

Renter share39.4%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate13.7%

Median income$69,223

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oildale and the region

Centroid at 35.4296, -119.0170 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oildale scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Oildale

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.7% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,331 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Oildale

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Oildale

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Oildale

8.6

How Oildale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

77%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
33%Housing & transportation

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.

15.9%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
19.2%Food insecurity
20.7%SNAP enrollment
10.9%Transit barriers
10.1%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
36.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oildale

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.0 points above the Kern County average of 6.4. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kern County average of 49.2%.

That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,331, close to the Oildale average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $69,223. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06029000102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000102?

Census tract 06029000102 in Oildale scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06029000102?

Median gross rent is $1,331/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000102?

13.7% of residents in tract 06029000102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,154.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 85th, minority 44th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 06029000102 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.9% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06029000102 compare to Oildale overall?

Tract 06029000102 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Oildale at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oildale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oildale

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