Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Westside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara

Tract 06083001101 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 4,599 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

06083001101 is a census tract in the Westside area of Santa Barbara, CA. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 34% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,469

Renter share58.7%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate5.8%

Median income$106,654

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region

Centroid at 34.4204, -119.7212 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 6.8

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

5.8% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$2,241 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 Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

69%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westside. 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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
29.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westside

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 51.2% across Santa Barbara County. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely. Average gross rent is $2,241, close to the Santa Barbara average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $106,654. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06083001101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001101?

Census tract 06083001101 in the Westside neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 06083001101?

Median gross rent is $2,241/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001101?

5.8% of residents in tract 06083001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,599.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 36th, minority 74th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06083001101 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083001101 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06083001101 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083001101 compare to Santa Barbara overall?

Tract 06083001101 scores 6.8/10, 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.