Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029000913 · Kern, CA · pop 3,768
Tract 06029000913 sits in Bakersfield eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 3,768. 50% 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
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,143
Renter share1.6%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$119,185
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bakersfield and the region
Centroid at 35.4050, -118.8966 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bakersfield scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bakersfield
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bakersfield
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bakersfield
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bakersfield
5.5
How Bakersfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Kern County average of 6.4.
Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 2% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.8 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
about half of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029000913
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029000913?
Census tract 06029000913 in Bakersfield scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 06029000913?
4.1% of residents in tract 06029000913 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,768.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029000913?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 31th, minority 80th, housing 7th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 06029000913 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 06029000913 compare to Bakersfield overall?
Tract 06029000913 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Bakersfield at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bakersfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bakersfield
Top eight tracts in Bakersfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002815
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002002
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002100
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002201
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029000912
7.5
/ 10 · High
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06029002202
7.5
/ 10 · High
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