Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029002702 · Kern, CA · pop 3,357 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Benton Park
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 06029002702 in Benton Park, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,357 residents. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units981
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$66,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benton Park and the region
Centroid at 35.3496, -119.0295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton Park scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Benton Park
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Benton Park
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Benton Park
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Benton Park
6.9
How Benton Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 27.9%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.5%Food insecurity
- 35.0%SNAP enrollment
- 17.9%Transit barriers
- 22.1%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 42.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton Park
Food insecurity runs 35.5% against 17.8% nationally. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 49.2% across Kern County.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 6.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Kern County average of 6.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,162, close to the Benton Park average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $66,359.
46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 06029002702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029002702?
Census tract 06029002702 in Benton Park scores 6.9/10 (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 06029002702?
Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029002702?
20.4% of residents in tract 06029002702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,357.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029002702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 96th, minority 86th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029002702 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.9% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029002702 compare to Benton Park overall?
Tract 06029002702 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Benton Park at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Benton Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Benton Park
Top eight tracts in Benton Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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