Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Atascadero Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06079012706 · San Luis Obispo, CA · pop 4,115 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Atascadero
Census tract 06079012706 belongs to Atascadero, California. It is home to 4,115 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,205 a month against an average household income of $121,272 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,684
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$121,272
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atascadero and the region
Centroid at 35.5061, -120.7602 · click any tract to drill in
Why Atascadero scores 3.7
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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,205 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Atascadero
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Atascadero, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06079012706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06079012706?
Census tract 06079012706 in Atascadero scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 06079012706?
Median gross rent is $2,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06079012706?
3.2% of residents in tract 06079012706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,115.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06079012706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 58th, minority 24th, housing 38th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06079012706 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06079012706 compare to Atascadero overall?
Tract 06079012706 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Atascadero at 7.6/10. 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
Highest-risk tracts in Atascadero
Top eight tracts in Atascadero ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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