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Mill Street District Eviction Risk: High , San Luis Obispo

Tract 06079010902 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 4,708 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 06079010902 sits in the Mill Street District area of San Luis Obispo, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.5/10. It is home to 4,708 residents. Severe burden reaches 71%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 77% Stable renters 11% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,656
Renter share88.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate66.8%
Median income$31,429

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Mill Street District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 12 tracts In San Luis Obispo
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 69 tracts In San Luis Obispo
Very High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#1,235 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Luis Obispo and the region

Centroid at 35.2929, -120.6566 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mill Street District scores 9.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
66.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,978 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Luis Obispo
9.3

How Mill Street District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mill Street District risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.5This tracttract 0109028.1San Luis Obispoparent city6.5Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mill Street District. 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 Mill Street District

87% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the San Luis Obispo County average of 51.5%. Set annual rent against average income of $31,429 and the ratio lands at 76%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.0 points. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 67%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

SNAP participation runs 37.8% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.

This is renter territory: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. Food insecurity runs 34.1% against 17.8% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06079010902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079010902?

Census tract 06079010902 in the Mill Street District neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (High 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 06079010902?

Median gross rent is $1,978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 87% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06079010902?

66.8% of residents in tract 06079010902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,708.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06079010902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 0th, minority 46th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 06079010902 considered part of Mill Street District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06079010902 fall within Mill Street District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06079010902 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06079010902 compare to San Luis Obispo overall?

Tract 06079010902 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of San Luis Obispo at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Luis Obispo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Luis Obispo

Top eight tracts in San Luis Obispo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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