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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Kensington Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073002202 · San Diego, CA · pop 5,314 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06073002202 in the Kensington area of San Diego, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,314 residents. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 41% Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,632
Renter share90.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$53,537

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Kensington
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 328 tracts In San Diego
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#53 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 32.7524, -117.1051 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kensington 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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,570 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Kensington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kensington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 002202San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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 Kensington. 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 Kensington

Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. It sits 2.3 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6.

At $1,570 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of San Diego commands. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $53,537, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

SNAP participation runs 31.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073002202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073002202?

Census tract 06073002202 in the Kensington 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 06073002202?

Median gross rent is $1,570/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073002202?

23.8% of residents in tract 06073002202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,314.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073002202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 92th, minority 94th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 06073002202 considered part of Kensington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073002202 fall within Kensington (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073002202 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.1% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073002202 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073002202 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 06073002202 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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