La Jolla Mesa Eviction Risk: Elevated

65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10.

Severe burden reaches 15%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. 38% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, ahead of the San Diego rate of 32.4%.

Food insecurity affects 6.2% of adults, 11.6 points below the national rate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 7.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. At $2,507 a month, rents sit 8% over what the rest of San Diego commands.

That places it #73 of 89 neighborhoods in San Diego. The closest comparables inside the same city are Rancho Peñasquitos and Poway Grove Park.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

With little internal variation, 7.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.