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Bostonia Eviction Risk: High , El Cajon

Tract 06073016302 · San Diego, CA · pop 5,918 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Bostonia neighborhood of El Cajon for landlords? Census tract 06073016302 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,825 a month against an average household income of $56,154 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 28% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,784
Renter share77.6%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$56,154

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Bostonia
Elevated
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#5 of 22 tracts In El Cajon
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Very High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#789 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across El Cajon and the region

Centroid at 32.8039, -116.9434 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bostonia scores 8.1

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
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,825 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 8.18.1This tracttract 016302El Cajon: 8.28.2El Cajonparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from El Cajon, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the San Diego County average of 5.8 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073016302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073016302?

Census tract 06073016302 in the Bostonia neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 06073016302?

Median gross rent is $1,825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073016302?

27.6% of residents in tract 06073016302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,918.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073016302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 94th, minority 66th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 06073016302 considered part of Bostonia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073016302 fall within Bostonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073016302 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073016302 compare to El Cajon overall?

Tract 06073016302 scores 8.1/10, right in line with the parent city of El Cajon at 8.2/10. 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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