Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Edwards AFB Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029005700 · Kern, CA · pop 2,851 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Edwards AFB
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06029005700 (Edwards AFB, California) comes in at 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,311 a month while the average household earns $94,773 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share97.0%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$94,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edwards AFB and the region
Centroid at 34.9150, -117.8726 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edwards AFB scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edwards AFB
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,311 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edwards AFB
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edwards AFB
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edwards AFB
5.0
How Edwards AFB compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edwards AFB
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Edwards AFB, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 06029005700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029005700?
Census tract 06029005700 in Edwards AFB scores 4.3/10 (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 06029005700?
Median gross rent is $2,311/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029005700?
3.1% of residents in tract 06029005700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029005700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 17th, minority 58th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029005700 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029005700 compare to Edwards AFB overall?
Tract 06029005700 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Edwards AFB at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edwards AFB; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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