Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Buellton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06083001912 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 5,151 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Buellton
For landlords sizing up Buellton, census tract 06083001912 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,196 a month against an average household income of $96,028 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,933
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$96,028
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buellton and the region
Centroid at 34.6261, -120.2036 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buellton scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buellton
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,196 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buellton
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buellton
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buellton
4.5
How Buellton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buellton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $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 Buellton, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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 10.0% 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 06083001912
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083001912?
Census tract 06083001912 in Buellton scores 2.9/10 (Lower 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 06083001912?
Median gross rent is $2,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083001912?
2.9% of residents in tract 06083001912 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,151.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083001912?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 65th, minority 41th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06083001912 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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 06083001912 compare to Buellton overall?
Tract 06083001912 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Buellton at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buellton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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