Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
McFarland Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029004704 · Kern, CA · pop 5,951 · 95% of tract blocks fall in McFarland
Census tract 06029004704 covers part of McFarland, CA, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,951 residents. Food insecurity runs 40.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,517
Renter share50.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$58,480
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across McFarland and the region
Centroid at 35.6815, -119.2435 · click any tract to drill in
Why McFarland scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from McFarland
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$958 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from McFarland
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from McFarland
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from McFarland
8.6
How McFarland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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.
- 31.9%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 37.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.6%Transit barriers
- 27.3%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in McFarland
Cost burden runs 37% here against 49.2% across Kern County. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Against the Kern County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.
The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Average gross rent is $958, 15% below the McFarland average. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029004704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029004704?
Census tract 06029004704 in McFarland 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 06029004704?
Median gross rent is $958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029004704?
28.0% of residents in tract 06029004704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029004704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 81th, minority 88th, housing 96th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029004704 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.9% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029004704 compare to McFarland overall?
Tract 06029004704 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of McFarland at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from McFarland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in McFarland
Top eight tracts in McFarland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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