Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029005406 · Kern, CA · pop 3,743 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Ridgecrest
With a score of 5/10, tract 06029005406 in Ridgecrest, CA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 8% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Kern County average of 49.2%.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,410
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$114,397
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgecrest and the region
Centroid at 35.6423, -117.6905 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgecrest scores 5
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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,676 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest
At $1,676 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Ridgecrest commands. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Kern County average of 6.4. The voucher gap is 21.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.1/10. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.
Against average income of $114,397, annual rent is just 18%. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005406?
Census tract 06029005406 in Ridgecrest scores 5/10 (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 average rent in tract 06029005406?
Median gross rent is $1,676/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005406?
3.2% of residents in tract 06029005406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 95th, minority 35th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005406 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005406 compare to Ridgecrest overall?
Tract 06029005406 scores 5/10, lower 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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