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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06029001803 · Kern, CA · pop 2,913

Census tract 06029001803 covers part of Bakersfield, CA, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Kern County at 49.2%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 36% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$73,517

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 103 tracts In Bakersfield
Moderate
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#160 of 236 tracts In Kern
Low
Within state
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#8,206 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bakersfield and the region

Centroid at 35.3579, -119.0838 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bakersfield scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,579 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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.
Bakersfield risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0018036.1Bakersfieldparent city6.4Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bakersfield

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.3/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. The voucher gap is 14.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,579, close to the Bakersfield average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $73,517.

61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06029001803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029001803?

Census tract 06029001803 in Bakersfield scores 5.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 06029001803?

Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06029001803?

9.3% of residents in tract 06029001803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,913.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06029001803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 82th, minority 63th, housing 65th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06029001803 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06029001803 compare to Bakersfield overall?

Tract 06029001803 scores 5.3/10, 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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