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Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Cambria Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06079010403 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 3,893 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Cambria

06079010403 is a census tract in Cambria, CA. It scores 6.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,893. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 7% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,926
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$96,136

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Cambria
Very High
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#33 of 69 tracts In San Luis Obispo
Moderate
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#6,341 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#16,032 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cambria and the region

Centroid at 35.5323, -121.0767 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cambria scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cambria
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,271 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cambria
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cambria
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cambria
7.0

How Cambria compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cambria risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.4This tracttract 0104036.4Cambriaparent city6.5Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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 Cambria

around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the San Luis Obispo County average of 51.5%. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $2,271, 18% above the Cambria average.

Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06079010403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079010403?

Census tract 06079010403 in Cambria scores 6.4/10 (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 06079010403?

Median gross rent is $2,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06079010403?

12.1% of residents in tract 06079010403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,893.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06079010403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 58th, minority 46th, housing 5th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06079010403 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06079010403 compare to Cambria overall?

Tract 06079010403 scores 6.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Cambria at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cambria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cambria

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

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