Westside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 6.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters.

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