Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally
Wasco Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029004304 · Kern, CA · pop 2,590 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Wasco
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06029004304 (Wasco in Kern County, California) comes in at 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 65% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 65% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $639 monthly, set against $60,455 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$60,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wasco and the region
Centroid at 35.6087, -119.3445 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wasco scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wasco
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$639 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wasco
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wasco
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wasco
8.0
How Wasco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 32.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 26.7%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wasco
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wasco, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kern County average of 6.1 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029004304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004304?
Census tract 06029004304 in Wasco scores 7/10 (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 06029004304?
Median gross rent is $639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029004304?
14.7% of residents in tract 06029004304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029004304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029004304 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029004304 compare to Wasco overall?
Tract 06029004304 scores 7/10, lower than the parent city of Wasco at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wasco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wasco
Top eight tracts in Wasco ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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