Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Petaluma Center Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06097151100 · Sonoma, CA · pop 5,065 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Petaluma Center
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 06097151100 in Petaluma Center, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,747
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$123,713
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petaluma Center and the region
Centroid at 38.2708, -122.7530 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petaluma Center scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Petaluma Center
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$2,107 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petaluma Center
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petaluma Center
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petaluma Center
5.8
How Petaluma Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Petaluma Center
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs 36% here against 49.9% across Sonoma County. At $2,107 a month, rents run 37% under what the rest of Petaluma Center commands.
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. It tracks the Sonoma County average of 6.9 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $123,713. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06097151100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097151100?
Census tract 06097151100 in Petaluma Center 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 06097151100?
Median gross rent is $2,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06097151100?
9.0% of residents in tract 06097151100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,065.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06097151100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 28th, minority 41th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06097151100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06097151100 compare to Petaluma Center overall?
Tract 06097151100 scores 6.6/10, lower than the parent city of Petaluma Center at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petaluma Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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