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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Mogadishu Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073002709 · San Diego, CA · pop 3,842 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06073002709 in the Little Mogadishu area of San Diego, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 33% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,178
Renter share76.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate36.8%
Median income$53,520

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Little Mogadishu
High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 328 tracts In San Diego
High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#60 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 32.7440, -117.0896 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Mogadishu 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
36.8% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,508 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 Little Mogadishu compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Mogadishu risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 002709San 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 Little Mogadishu. 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 Little Mogadishu

Food insecurity runs 41.0% against 17.8% nationally. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.2/10. Against the San Diego County average of 7.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,508 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of San Diego commands.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. 76% 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. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $53,520, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 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. Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 06073002709

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073002709?

Census tract 06073002709 in the Little Mogadishu 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 06073002709?

Median gross rent is $1,508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073002709?

36.8% of residents in tract 06073002709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,842.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073002709?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 92th, minority 91th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 06073002709 considered part of Little Mogadishu?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073002709 fall within Little Mogadishu (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073002709 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.2% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073002709 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073002709 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 06073002709 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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