Petaluma Eviction Risk: Elevated

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.

At $2,855 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Petaluma commands. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Sonoma County average of 49.9%.

Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Sonoma County average of 6.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 79th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.