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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

East Side Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara

Tract 06083000801 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 3,957 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 06083000801 in the East Side area of Santa Barbara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,957. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 31% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,314
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$98,519

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In East Side
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 25 tracts In Santa Barbara
Moderate
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#43 of 108 tracts In Santa Barbara
Elevated
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#4,738 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region

Centroid at 34.4274, -119.6857 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Side scores 7.3

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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,233 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 East Side compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Side risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0008017.8Santa Barbaraparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Side. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Side

39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Santa Barbara County average of 51.2%. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,233, close to the Santa Barbara average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $98,519. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06083000801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083000801?

Census tract 06083000801 in the East Side neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 06083000801?

Median gross rent is $2,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083000801?

8.5% of residents in tract 06083000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,957.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083000801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 74th, minority 83th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 06083000801 considered part of East Side?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083000801 fall within East Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06083000801 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06083000801 compare to Santa Barbara overall?

Tract 06083000801 scores 7.3/10, 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.

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