Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Oildale Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06029000106 · Kern, CA · pop 2,879 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Oildale

Tract 06029000106 sits in Oildale, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 33% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units895

Renter share73.4%

SVI overall0.48

Poverty rate20.8%

Median income$73,789

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oildale and the region

Centroid at 35.4435, -119.0570 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oildale scores 8

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

20.8% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,388 rent vs county FMR

5.1

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: 48

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

38%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
18.7%Food insecurity
18.3%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
21.8%Frequent mental distress
30.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oildale

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Against Kern County at 49.2%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,388, 8% above the Oildale average. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $73,789.

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 06029000106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000106?

Census tract 06029000106 in Oildale scores 8/10 (High 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 06029000106?

Median gross rent is $1,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000106?

20.8% of residents in tract 06029000106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,879.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 35th, minority 71th, housing 59th.

What share of households in tract 06029000106 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06029000106 compare to Oildale overall?

Tract 06029000106 scores 8/10, higher than 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.