Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Tehachapi Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06029006102 · Kern, CA · pop 4,949 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Tehachapi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06029006102 (Tehachapi, California) comes in at 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,381 monthly, set against $81,900 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,784
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$81,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tehachapi and the region
Centroid at 35.1187, -118.4439 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tehachapi scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tehachapi
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,381 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tehachapi
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tehachapi
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tehachapi
6.2
How Tehachapi compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tehachapi
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Tehachapi, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kern County average of 6.1 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 06029006102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06029006102?
Census tract 06029006102 in Tehachapi scores 5.6/10 (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 06029006102?
Median gross rent is $1,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06029006102?
11.2% of residents in tract 06029006102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06029006102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 47th, minority 58th, housing 64th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06029006102 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06029006102 compare to Tehachapi overall?
Tract 06029006102 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Tehachapi at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tehachapi; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tehachapi
Top eight tracts in Tehachapi ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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