Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Mission Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06083002809 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 5,012 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Mission Hills
For landlords sizing up Mission Hills, census tract 06083002809 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,838 monthly, set against $112,151 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,588
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$112,151
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mission Hills and the region
Centroid at 34.6933, -120.3379 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mission Hills scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mission Hills
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,838 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mission Hills
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mission Hills
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mission Hills
2.8
How Mission Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mission Hills
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.3/10. 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 Mission Hills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 59th 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 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 06083002809
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002809?
Census tract 06083002809 in Mission Hills scores 2.6/10 (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 06083002809?
Median gross rent is $1,838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002809?
4.6% of residents in tract 06083002809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,012.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002809?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 87th, minority 70th, housing 47th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06083002809 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06083002809 compare to Mission Hills overall?
Tract 06083002809 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Mission Hills at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mission Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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