Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Ynez Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06083001908 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 5,357 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Santa Ynez
Eviction risk in Santa Ynez centers on tract 06083001908, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,357 residents. It lands near the 62nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,778 a month against an average household income of $111,319 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,971
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$111,319
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Ynez and the region
Centroid at 34.6036, -120.0844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Ynez scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Santa Ynez
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$2,778 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Ynez
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Ynez
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Ynez
6.9
How Santa Ynez compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Ynez
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Santa Ynez, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Santa Barbara County average of 5.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06083001908
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001908?
Census tract 06083001908 in Santa Ynez scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 06083001908?
Median gross rent is $2,778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001908?
11.5% of residents in tract 06083001908 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,357.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001908?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 84th, minority 47th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06083001908 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06083001908 compare to Santa Ynez overall?
Tract 06083001908 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Ynez at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Ynez; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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