Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06029005405 · Kern, CA · pop 2,518
06029005405 is a census tract in Ridgecrest, CA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. Against Kern County at 49.2%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,112
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$55,776
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgecrest and the region
Centroid at 35.6481, -117.6832 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgecrest scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ridgecrest
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,054 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridgecrest
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridgecrest
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridgecrest
4.9
How Ridgecrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.1%Food insecurity
- 23.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 27%, 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 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. SNAP participation runs 23.6% against 15.2% nationally.
On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,054, 11% below the Ridgecrest average. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $55,776. 51% 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 06029005405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005405?
Census tract 06029005405 in Ridgecrest scores 7.8/10 (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 06029005405?
Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005405?
27.3% of residents in tract 06029005405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 96th, minority 63th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005405 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005405 compare to Ridgecrest overall?
Tract 06029005405 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Ridgecrest at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridgecrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ridgecrest
Top eight tracts in Ridgecrest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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