Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Kernville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029005207 · Kern, CA · pop 1,910 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Kernville
Census tract 06029005207 belongs to Kernville in Kern County, California. It is home to 1,910 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #25,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 100% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 100% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $48,275 a year. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units808
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$48,275
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kernville and the region
Centroid at 35.6773, -118.1014 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kernville scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kernville
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kernville
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kernville
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kernville
4.3
How Kernville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 40.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kernville
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. 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 Kernville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kern County average of 6.1 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005207
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005207?
Census tract 06029005207 in Kernville scores 4.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 06029005207?
14.6% of residents in tract 06029005207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,910.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005207?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 26th, minority 33th, housing 95th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 06029005207 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 06029005207 compare to Kernville overall?
Tract 06029005207 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Kernville at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kernville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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