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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Normal Heights Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073001600 · San Diego, CA · pop 5,352 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06073001600 in the Normal Heights area of San Diego, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,352. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 32% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,269
Renter share76.2%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$63,003

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Normal Heights
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 328 tracts In San Diego
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#55 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 32.7522, -117.1213 · click any tract to drill in

Why Normal Heights 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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,719 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 Normal Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Normal Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 001600San 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 Normal Heights. 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 Normal Heights

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. It sits 2.3 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6. 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 33% of average household income of $63,003, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. At $1,719 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of San Diego commands.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the San Diego County average of 52.5%. SNAP participation runs 22.7% against 15.2% nationally. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. 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 06073001600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073001600?

Census tract 06073001600 in the Normal Heights 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 06073001600?

Median gross rent is $1,719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073001600?

21.7% of residents in tract 06073001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,352.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 41th, minority 83th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 06073001600 considered part of Normal Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073001600 fall within Normal Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.2% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073001600 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073001600 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 06073001600 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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