Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Petaluma Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06097150702 · Sonoma, CA · pop 4,593 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Petaluma

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06097150702 (Petaluma, California) comes in at 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.

17% 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 $2,238 monthly, set against $145,208 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 12% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units1,958

Renter share14.8%

SVI overall0.09

Poverty rate0.7%

Median income$145,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Petaluma and the region

Centroid at 38.2011, -122.6259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Petaluma scores 3.2

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

0.7% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,238 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Petaluma compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

8%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
27%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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.2%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
3.6%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
23.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Petaluma

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Petaluma, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sonoma 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06097150702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097150702?

Census tract 06097150702 in Petaluma scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06097150702?

Median gross rent is $2,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06097150702?

0.7% of residents in tract 06097150702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,593.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06097150702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 12th, minority 20th, housing 27th.

What share of households in tract 06097150702 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06097150702 compare to Petaluma overall?

Tract 06097150702 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Petaluma at 8/10. 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.