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Census Tract · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally

Los Banos Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06047002201 · Merced, CA · pop 7,059 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Los Banos

Census tract 06047002201 sits in Los Banos in Merced County, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.

About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,162 monthly, set against $52,478 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 30% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,370
Renter share61.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$52,478

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Los Banos
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 63 tracts In Merced
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#1,573 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3,427 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Banos and the region

Centroid at 37.0635, -120.8585 · click any tract to drill in

Why Los Banos scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Los Banos
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Banos
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Banos
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Banos
7.2

How Los Banos compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Los Banos risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.47.4This tracttract 002201Los Banos: 8.58.5Los Banosparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Los Banos

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Los Banos, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Merced County average of 6.0 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 25.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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.

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 06047002201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047002201?

Census tract 06047002201 in Los Banos scores 7.4/10 (Elevated 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 06047002201?

Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06047002201?

16.7% of residents in tract 06047002201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,059.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06047002201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 91th, minority 85th, housing 94th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06047002201 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.3% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06047002201 compare to Los Banos overall?

Tract 06047002201 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Los Banos at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Banos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Los Banos

Top eight tracts in Los Banos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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