Census Tract · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Porterville Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06107003801 · Tulare, CA · pop 4,281

Tract 06107003801 sits in Porterville, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. It is home to 4,281 residents. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

8.1

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 30% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,148

Renter share47.0%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate24.1%

Median income$57,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Porterville and the region

Centroid at 36.0714, -119.0323 · click any tract to drill in

Why Porterville scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Porterville

5.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.6

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

24.1% poverty · this tract

6.0

Supply constraint

$1,004 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Porterville

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Porterville

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Porterville

7.8

How Porterville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

85%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
93%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.

21.3%Housing insecurity
11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
26.8%Food insecurity
25.6%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
17.5%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
38.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Porterville

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

Against Tulare County at 45.5%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.2 points above the Tulare County average of 6.9. SNAP participation runs 25.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 26.8% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,004, 13% below the Porterville average. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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 06107003801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06107003801?

Census tract 06107003801 in Porterville scores 8.1/10 (High 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 06107003801?

Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06107003801?

24.1% of residents in tract 06107003801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,281.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06107003801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 83th, minority 84th, housing 93th.

What share of households in tract 06107003801 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.3% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06107003801 compare to Porterville overall?

Tract 06107003801 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Porterville at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Porterville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Porterville

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