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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Mesa College Area Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073009201 · San Diego, CA · pop 5,900 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06073009201 covers part of the Mesa College Area area of San Diego, CA, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,900. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 23% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,158
Renter share76.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$82,727

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Mesa College Area
Low
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#118 of 328 tracts In San Diego
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#180 of 736 tracts In San Diego
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.8015, -117.1463 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mesa College Area scores 8.8

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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$3,410 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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 Mesa College Area compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mesa College Area risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 009201San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mesa College Area. 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 Mesa College Area

Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 52.5% across San Diego County. Average gross rent is $3,410, 47% above the San Diego average. Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $82,727, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.

Against the San Diego County average of 7.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The voucher gap is 18.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition 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 06073009201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073009201?

Census tract 06073009201 in the Mesa College Area neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 06073009201?

Median gross rent is $3,410/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073009201?

8.0% of residents in tract 06073009201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,900.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073009201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 89th, minority 70th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 06073009201 considered part of Mesa College Area?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073009201 fall within Mesa College Area (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073009201 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073009201 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073009201 scores 8.8/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Diego

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

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