Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Upper State Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara
Tract 06083000502 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 5,395 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 06083000502 in the Upper State area of Santa Barbara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Against Santa Barbara County at 51.2%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,185
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$158,203
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region
Centroid at 34.4445, -119.7292 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper State scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,804 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper State
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. 21% 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.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 7.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $2,804, 16% above the Santa Barbara average. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely.
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 06083000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083000502?
Census tract 06083000502 in the Upper State neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 06083000502?
Median gross rent is $2,804/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083000502?
7.9% of residents in tract 06083000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,395.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 8th, minority 30th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 06083000502 considered part of Upper State?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083000502 fall within Upper State (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06083000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06083000502 compare to Santa Barbara overall?
Tract 06083000502 scores 6.4/10, 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.
Tract · CA
East Side
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Funk Zone
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Funk Zone
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Westside
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Westside
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Westside
8.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Waterfront
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Westside
8.2
/ 10 · High
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