Census Tract · Ranked #4,119 of 84,120 nationally

Oildale Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06029000202 · Kern, CA · pop 3,458

Census tract 06029000202 covers part of Oildale, CA, and scores 9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,458. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 31% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,259

Renter share65.2%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate24.2%

Median income$46,988

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oildale and the region

Centroid at 35.4166, -119.0461 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oildale scores 9

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

24.2% poverty · this tract

6.0

Supply constraint

$1,092 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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: 78

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

98%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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.

21.7%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
28.3%Food insecurity
31.5%SNAP enrollment
15.1%Transit barriers
14.4%No health insurance
24.0%Frequent mental distress
41.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oildale

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.6 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. SNAP participation runs 31.5% against 15.2% nationally.

This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,092 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Oildale commands.

Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06029000202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000202?

Census tract 06029000202 in Oildale scores 9/10 (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 06029000202?

Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000202?

24.2% of residents in tract 06029000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,458.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 71th, minority 47th, housing 31th.

What share of households in tract 06029000202 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.7% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06029000202 compare to Oildale overall?

Tract 06029000202 scores 9/10, 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.