Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgecrest Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029005408 · Kern, CA · pop 5,024 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Ridgecrest
Tract 06029005408 sits in Ridgecrest, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Cost burden runs around a third here against 49.2% across Kern County.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,901
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$79,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ridgecrest and the region
Centroid at 35.6080, -117.6792 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgecrest scores 5.3
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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,361 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.7%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgecrest
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Kern County average of 6.4.
Average gross rent is $1,361, 15% above the Ridgecrest average. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 6.9/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $79,023. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005408?
Census tract 06029005408 in Ridgecrest scores 5.3/10 (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 06029005408?
Median gross rent is $1,361/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005408?
7.7% of residents in tract 06029005408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,024.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 86th, minority 56th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005408 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005408 compare to Ridgecrest overall?
Tract 06029005408 scores 5.3/10, 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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