Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Los Banos Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06047002305 · Merced, CA · pop 5,029
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06047002305 (Los Banos in Merced County, California) comes in at 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,637 a month against an average household income of $80,250 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,764
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$80,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Los Banos and the region
Centroid at 37.0733, -120.8307 · click any tract to drill in
Why Los Banos scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,637 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 16.8%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Los Banos
What moves this score most is 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 below the Merced County average of 6.0 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 80th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06047002305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06047002305?
Census tract 06047002305 in Los Banos scores 5.8/10 (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 06047002305?
Median gross rent is $1,637/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06047002305?
3.8% of residents in tract 06047002305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,029.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06047002305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 88th, minority 89th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06047002305 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06047002305 compare to Los Banos overall?
Tract 06047002305 scores 5.8/10, 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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