Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #1,816 of 84,120 nationally
Boron Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06029005600 · Kern, CA · pop 2,469 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Boron
Tract 06029005600, home to 2,469 residents in Boron in Kern County, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $981 monthly, set against $61,607 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units907
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate31.3%
Median income$61,607
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boron and the region
Centroid at 35.0218, -117.6748 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boron scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boron
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
31.3% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boron
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boron
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boron
8.0
How Boron compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.3%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 42.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boron
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Boron, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kern County average of 6.1 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06029005600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005600?
Census tract 06029005600 in Boron scores 8.1/10 (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 06029005600?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005600?
31.3% of residents in tract 06029005600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,469.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 82th, minority 68th, housing 78th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005600 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005600 compare to Boron overall?
Tract 06029005600 scores 8.1/10, lower than the parent city of Boron at 8.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boron; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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