Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Sea Ranch Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06097154308 ·
Sonoma, CA · pop 935 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Sea Ranch
The Lower-tier score of 3.9/10 for census tract 06097154308 reflects conditions in Sea Ranch in Sonoma County, California. That is riskier than about 11% of US census tracts.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $121,731 a year. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 3%Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units422
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$121,731
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Sea Ranch
Moderate
Within county
1th percentile
#120 of 121 tracts In Sonoma
Very Low
Within state
1th percentile
#8,991 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
12th percentile
#73,892 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sea Ranch and the region
Centroid at 38.7532, -123.4845 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sea Ranch scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sea Ranch
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sea Ranch
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sea Ranch
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sea Ranch
1.8
How Sea Ranch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
5.3%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sea Ranch
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty 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 Sea Ranch, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 06097154308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06097154308?
Census tract 06097154308 in Sea Ranch scores 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.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 06097154308?
2.5% of residents in tract 06097154308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 935.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06097154308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 65th, minority 38th, housing 14th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 06097154308 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 06097154308 compare to Sea Ranch overall?
Tract 06097154308 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Sea Ranch at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sea Ranch; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.