Bakersfield Eviction Risk: Elevated

SNAP participation runs 34.0% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.2% across Kern County.

The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Bakersfield eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,373, close to the Bakersfield average.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $55,625. 64% 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.