Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Upper State Eviction Risk: High , Santa Barbara

Tract 06083000201 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 2,656 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06083000201 covers part of the Upper State area of Santa Barbara, CA, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,656 residents. Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 51.2% across Santa Barbara County.

Risk score

8.1

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 14% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units1,303

Renter share52.0%

SVI overall0.23

Poverty rate13.0%

Median income$86,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region

Centroid at 34.4342, -119.7301 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper State scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Barbara

6.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.0% poverty · this tract

3.2

Supply constraint

$2,477 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Barbara

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Barbara

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Barbara

7.0

How Upper State compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

29%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
10%Racial/ethnic minority
55%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Upper State. 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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
5.7%No health insurance
11.8%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Upper State

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Set annual rent against average income of $86,250 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0.

SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,477, close to the Santa Barbara average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06083000201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083000201?

Census tract 06083000201 in the Upper State neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 06083000201?

Median gross rent is $2,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083000201?

13.0% of residents in tract 06083000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,656.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083000201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 9th, minority 10th, housing 55th.

Is tract 06083000201 considered part of Upper State?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083000201 fall within Upper State (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06083000201 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083000201 compare to Santa Barbara overall?

Tract 06083000201 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Barbara at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Barbara; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Barbara

Top eight tracts in Santa Barbara ranked by composite eviction-risk score.