Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
The Mesa Eviction Risk: High , Santa Barbara
Tract 06083001203 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 3,535 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 06083001203 sits in the The Mesa area of Santa Barbara, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Population here is 3,535. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,444
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$115,192
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region
Centroid at 34.4075, -119.7145 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Mesa scores 8
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
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$2,662 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 The Mesa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Mesa. 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Mesa
Severe burden reaches 31%. 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.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. At $2,662 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Santa Barbara commands. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. 50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $115,192. 52% 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 06083001203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001203?
Census tract 06083001203 in the The Mesa neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 06083001203?
Median gross rent is $2,662/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001203?
19.3% of residents in tract 06083001203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,535.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 51th, minority 43th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 06083001203 considered part of The Mesa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083001203 fall within The Mesa (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06083001203 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06083001203 compare to Santa Barbara overall?
Tract 06083001203 scores 8/10, right in line with 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
Westside
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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
9.1
/ 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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