Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 06029000504 Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029000504 · Kern, CA · pop 4,851
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 06029000504 reflects conditions in Kern, California. On the national scale it ranks #22,572 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $963 a month while the average household earns $56,774 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,730
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$56,774
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kern and the region
Centroid at 35.4178, -119.0736 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 06029000504 scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 06029000504 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.9%Food insecurity
- 22.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 06029000504
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 set by California eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kern County average of 6.1 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th 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 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000504?
Census tract 06029000504 in Kern scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06029000504?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029000504?
11.1% of residents in tract 06029000504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 93th, minority 60th, housing 98th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029000504 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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