Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

Japantown Eviction Risk: High , San Luis Obispo

Tract 06079011202 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 4,255 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 06079011202 sits in the Japantown area of San Luis Obispo, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 68%. 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 53% Stable renters 10% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units1,323

Renter share63.3%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate45.8%

Median income$57,006

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Luis Obispo and the region

Centroid at 35.2803, -120.6814 · click any tract to drill in

Why Japantown 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

45.8% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$2,029 rent vs county FMR

3.3

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 Japantown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

70%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
73%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Japantown. 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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
20.7%Food insecurity
23.2%SNAP enrollment
13.4%Transit barriers
7.4%No health insurance
22.1%Frequent mental distress
39.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Japantown

Against San Luis Obispo County at 51.5%, 84% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 3.0 points above the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 46%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $57,006 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% 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 4.6/10, 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.

Average gross rent is $2,029, close to the San Luis Obispo average. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06079011202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079011202?

Census tract 06079011202 in the Japantown 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06079011202?

Median gross rent is $2,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06079011202?

45.8% of residents in tract 06079011202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,255.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06079011202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 1th, minority 40th, housing 73th.

Is tract 06079011202 considered part of Japantown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06079011202 fall within Japantown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06079011202 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06079011202 compare to San Luis Obispo overall?

Tract 06079011202 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.