Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 06029000504 Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029000504 · Kern, CA · pop 4,851
Census tract 06029000504 covers part of Kern County, CA, and scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,851. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.1
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
24
th percentile
Low
National
79
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 6.1
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
Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.2% across Kern County. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10.
SNAP participation runs 22.6% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kern County average of 6.4 closely.
Average gross rent runs $963 a month. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $56,774.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000504?
Census tract 06029000504 in Kern scores 6.1/10 (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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