Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Atascadero Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06079012502 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 5,840
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 06079012502 in Atascadero, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,840. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,238
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$68,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atascadero and the region
Centroid at 35.4935, -120.6614 · click any tract to drill in
Why Atascadero scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atascadero
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,819 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atascadero
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atascadero
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atascadero
6.0
How Atascadero compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Atascadero
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the San Luis Obispo County average of 51.5%. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the San Luis Obispo County average of 6.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,819, close to the Atascadero average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $68,438.
49% 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 06079012502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012502?
Census tract 06079012502 in Atascadero scores 7.6/10 (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 06079012502?
Median gross rent is $1,819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012502?
15.2% of residents in tract 06079012502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 26th, minority 47th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012502 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012502 compare to Atascadero overall?
Tract 06079012502 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Atascadero at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atascadero; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
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