Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
The Mesa Eviction Risk: Elevated , Santa Barbara
Tract 06083001308 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 3,650 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 06083001308 in the The Mesa area of Santa Barbara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,650 residents. Severe burden reaches 53%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,516
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$152,444
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Barbara and the region
Centroid at 34.4064, -119.7269 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Mesa 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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,540 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 The Mesa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Mesa
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Cost burden runs 64% here against 51.2% across Santa Barbara County.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 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 2%, 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 $2,540, close to the Santa Barbara average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $152,444.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06083001308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001308?
Census tract 06083001308 in the The Mesa 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 06083001308?
Median gross rent is $2,540/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001308?
2.1% of residents in tract 06083001308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 21th, minority 18th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 06083001308 considered part of The Mesa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06083001308 fall within The Mesa (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06083001308 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06083001308 compare to Santa Barbara overall?
Tract 06083001308 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
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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