Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Maria Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06083002211 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 6,035 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Santa Maria

Census tract 06083002211 covers part of Santa Maria, CA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 13% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units2,070

Renter share35.6%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate10.9%

Median income$94,450

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Maria and the region

Centroid at 34.9570, -120.3928 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Maria scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Maria

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

10.9% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$2,027 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Maria

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Maria

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Maria

7.4

How Santa Maria compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

33%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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.

13.2%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
12.4%No health insurance
14.8%Frequent mental distress
34.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Maria

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Against Santa Barbara County at 51.2%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely. Average gross rent is $2,027, close to the Santa Maria average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $94,450.

36% 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 06083002211

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002211?

Census tract 06083002211 in Santa Maria scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06083002211?

Median gross rent is $2,027/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002211?

10.9% of residents in tract 06083002211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,035.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002211?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 98th, minority 73th, housing 98th.

What share of households in tract 06083002211 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06083002211 compare to Santa Maria overall?

Tract 06083002211 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Santa Maria at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Maria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Maria

Top eight tracts in Santa Maria ranked by composite eviction-risk score.