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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Bostonia Eviction Risk: High , El Cajon

Tract 06073015701 · San Diego, CA · pop 6,486 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06073015701 is a census tract in the Bostonia area of El Cajon, CA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,486 residents. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 62% Stable renters 26% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,389
Renter share88.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate34.3%
Median income$42,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Bostonia
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#7 of 22 tracts In El Cajon
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 736 tracts In San Diego
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,347 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across El Cajon and the region

Centroid at 32.7977, -116.9421 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bostonia scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from El Cajon
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
34.3% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,689 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from El Cajon
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from El Cajon
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from El Cajon
8.5

How Bostonia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bostonia risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 015701El Cajon: 7.97.9El Cajonparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bostonia. 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 Bostonia

70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the San Diego County average of 52.5%. SNAP participation runs 39.2% against 15.2% nationally.

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 47% of average household income of $42,750, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.1/10.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the San Diego County average of 7.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally. At $1,689 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of El Cajon commands. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073015701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073015701?

Census tract 06073015701 in the Bostonia neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 06073015701?

Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073015701?

34.3% of residents in tract 06073015701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,486.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073015701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 77th, minority 62th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 06073015701 considered part of Bostonia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073015701 fall within Bostonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073015701 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.8% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073015701 compare to El Cajon overall?

Tract 06073015701 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of El Cajon at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from El Cajon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in El Cajon

Top eight tracts in El Cajon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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