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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

East Petaluma Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06097150701 · Sonoma, CA · pop 4,903 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.6/10, tract 06097150701 in the East Petaluma area of Petaluma, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,903 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 30% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,335
Renter share60.6%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$113,769

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In East Petaluma
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Petaluma
Moderate
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#77 of 121 tracts In Sonoma
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#5,947 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Petaluma and the region

Centroid at 38.2336, -122.6302 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Petaluma scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Petaluma
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,350 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petaluma
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petaluma
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petaluma
5.8

How East Petaluma compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Petaluma risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 150701Petaluma: 7.17.1Petalumaparent cityCounty: 6.96.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Petaluma. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Petaluma

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.

The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.

It tracks the Sonoma County average of 6.9 closely. Average gross rent is $2,350, close to the Petaluma average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $113,769.

61% 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 06097150701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097150701?

Census tract 06097150701 in the East Petaluma neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06097150701?

Median gross rent is $2,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06097150701?

6.8% of residents in tract 06097150701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06097150701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 45th, minority 42th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 06097150701 considered part of East Petaluma?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06097150701 fall within East Petaluma (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06097150701 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06097150701 compare to Petaluma overall?

Tract 06097150701 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Petaluma at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petaluma; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Petaluma

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

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