Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #550 of 84,120 nationally
Oildale Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029000400 · Kern, CA · pop 4,840 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Oildale
In Oildale, census tract 06029000400 scores 7.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.
About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $948 a month against an average household income of $28,750 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,687
Renter share69.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate34.1%
Median income$28,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oildale and the region
Centroid at 35.4059, -119.0337 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oildale scores 8.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
34.1% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 17.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 43.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 17.3%No health insurance
- 25.5%Frequent mental distress
- 46.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oildale
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Oildale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kern County average of 6.1 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000400?
Census tract 06029000400 in Oildale scores 8.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06029000400?
Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000400?
34.1% of residents in tract 06029000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 56th, housing 100th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 17.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029000400 compare to Oildale overall?
Tract 06029000400 scores 8.9/10, higher than the parent city of Oildale at 8.2/10. 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.
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8.7
/ 10 · High
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8.7
/ 10 · High
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06029000103
8.6
/ 10 · High
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06029000202
8.1
/ 10 · High
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06029000106
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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06029005103
7
/ 10 · Elevated
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06029000102
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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06029000104
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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