Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
East Niles Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029001104 · Kern, CA · pop 2,562
Census tract 06029001104 covers part of East Niles, CA, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,562. 39% 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
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units677
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate42.6%
Median income$50,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Niles and the region
Centroid at 35.3698, -118.9363 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Niles scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Niles
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
42.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,247 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Niles
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Niles
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Niles
9.1
How East Niles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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.
- 35.4%Housing insecurity
- 20.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.8%Food insecurity
- 47.1%SNAP enrollment
- 23.3%Transit barriers
- 29.2%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 47.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Niles
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 46.8% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 29.2% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Cost burden runs 56% here against 49.2% across Kern County.
Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,247, close to the East Niles average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029001104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029001104?
Census tract 06029001104 in East Niles scores 8.4/10 (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 06029001104?
Median gross rent is $1,247/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029001104?
42.6% of residents in tract 06029001104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029001104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 86th, minority 88th, housing 55th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029001104 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.4% 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. 20.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029001104 compare to East Niles overall?
Tract 06029001104 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of East Niles at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Niles; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Niles
Top eight tracts in East Niles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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