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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Core-Columbia Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073005202 · San Diego, CA · pop 4,796 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

06073005202 is a census tract in the Core-Columbia area of San Diego, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62% Stable renters 30% Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units3,344
Renter share91.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$58,140

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Core-Columbia
Very High
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#62 of 328 tracts In San Diego
High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7156, -117.1552 · click any tract to drill in

Why Core-Columbia scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Diego
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$2,246 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Diego
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Diego
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Diego
7.5

How Core-Columbia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Core-Columbia risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 005202San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Core-Columbia. 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 Core-Columbia

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 52.5% across San Diego County. Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $58,140, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

92% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the San Diego County average of 7.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Diego. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073005202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073005202?

Census tract 06073005202 in the Core-Columbia neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06073005202?

Median gross rent is $2,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073005202?

27.2% of residents in tract 06073005202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,796.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073005202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 20th, minority 62th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 06073005202 considered part of Core-Columbia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073005202 fall within Core-Columbia (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073005202 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073005202 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073005202 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of San Diego at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Diego eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06073005202 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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