Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Cayucos Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06079010504 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 2,361
Census tract 06079010504 runs through Cayucos. With 2,361 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #44,476 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 53% 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 $1,551 a month while the average household earns $82,778 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,308
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$82,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cayucos and the region
Centroid at 35.4396, -120.8898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cayucos scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cayucos
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,551 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cayucos
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cayucos
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cayucos
5.4
How Cayucos compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cayucos
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Cayucos, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Luis Obispo County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06079010504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079010504?
Census tract 06079010504 in Cayucos scores 4/10 (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 06079010504?
Median gross rent is $1,551/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079010504?
6.0% of residents in tract 06079010504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079010504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 55th, minority 36th, housing 9th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079010504 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079010504 compare to Cayucos overall?
Tract 06079010504 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Cayucos at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cayucos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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