Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Upper State Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara

Tract 06083000202 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 2,405 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

06083000202 is a census tract in the Upper State area of Santa Barbara, CA. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 27% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units940

Renter share56.5%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate11.4%

Median income$121,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region

Centroid at 34.4353, -119.7419 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper State scores 7.1

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

11.4% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$2,288 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 59

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

31%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
10.0%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
8.0%No health insurance
15.0%Frequent mental distress
29.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Upper State

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.

That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters. It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,288, close to the Santa Barbara average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $121,250.

56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06083000202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083000202?

Census tract 06083000202 in the Upper State neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06083000202?

Median gross rent is $2,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083000202?

11.4% of residents in tract 06083000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,405.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083000202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 58th, minority 56th, housing 87th.

Is tract 06083000202 considered part of Upper State?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083000202 fall within Upper State (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06083000202 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083000202 compare to Santa Barbara overall?

Tract 06083000202 scores 7.1/10, lower 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.