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Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Vandenberg AFB Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06083980500 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 39 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Vandenberg AFB

Vandenberg AFB anchors census tract 06083980500, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 66% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 100% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 100% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 100% Stable renters 0% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units5
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Vandenberg AFB
Very High
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 108 tracts In Santa Barbara
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6,499 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,332 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Vandenberg AFB and the region

Centroid at 34.8096, -120.5554 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vandenberg AFB scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Vandenberg AFB
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vandenberg AFB
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vandenberg AFB
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vandenberg AFB
5.5

How Vandenberg AFB compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vandenberg AFB risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 980500Vandenberg AFB: 7.97.9Vandenberg AFBparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vandenberg AFB

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Vandenberg AFB, 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 0th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06083980500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083980500?

Census tract 06083980500 in Vandenberg AFB scores 4.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 06083980500?

0.0% of residents in tract 06083980500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 39.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 06083980500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 2th, minority 34th, housing 8th.
Q4

How does tract 06083980500 compare to Vandenberg AFB overall?

Tract 06083980500 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Vandenberg AFB at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vandenberg AFB; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Vandenberg AFB

Top eight tracts in Vandenberg AFB ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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