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Neighborhood · El Cajon, CA

Little Baghdad Eviction Risk: High

7 census tracts · pop 28,345 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10 · range 9.3–9.3

Little Baghdad takes in 7 census tracts of El Cajon, CA, population 28,345. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 9.3/10, in the High tier. Against a El Cajon baseline of 42.3%, around two-thirds of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

36% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.3/10. SNAP participation is 31.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Food insecurity affects 28.0% of adults, 10.2 points above the national rate. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of El Cajon, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.

For a like-for-like read, Bostonia and Cajon Heights score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Its 7 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
9.3
High
7 tracts · population-weighted
Little Baghdad vs El Cajon How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
69.9% +65%
El Cajon: 42.3%
Average gross rent
$1,776 -4%
El Cajon: $1,856
Average HH income
$55,902 -16%
El Cajon: $66,478
Poverty rate
23.5% +17%
El Cajon: 20.0%
Renter share
76.8% +31%
El Cajon: 58.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Little Baghdad and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 7 tracts span score 9.3–9.3

Why Little Baghdad scores 9.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts
6.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
70% of income on rent · Range 9.1–9.1 across tracts
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
77% renter households · Range 9.6–9.6 across tracts
9.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
23.5% below poverty line · Range 4.1–7.6 across tracts
5.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.7 across tracts
1.3
Risk score comparison

Little Baghdad vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Little Baghdad score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Little Baghdad: 9.39.3Little BaghdadNeighborhoodParent city: 7.97.9Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Little Baghdad?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0 points from 9.3 to 9.3. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

7 tracts in Little Baghdad

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06073016301 9.3 5,128 64% $1,615
06073015802 9.3 4,901 68% $1,830
06073015801 9.3 4,109 71% $1,630
06073015705 9.3 3,882 57% $1,835
06073015407 9.3 3,869 76% $1,895
06073015301 9.3 3,767 87% $1,935
06073015706 9.3 2,689 69% $1,724
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 7 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 91%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 78%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Little Baghdad

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Little Baghdad

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Little Baghdad?

Little Baghdad scores 9.3/10 (High tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Little Baghdad compare to El Cajon overall?

Little Baghdad scores 1.4 points higher than El Cajon overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 70% of income on rent vs 42% citywide. Average rent: $1,776 vs $1,856.
Q3

What is the average rent in Little Baghdad?

Average gross rent in Little Baghdad is $1,776/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Little Baghdad residents are renters?

77% of Little Baghdad households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in El Cajon). The neighborhood has 28,345 residents.
Q5

Is Little Baghdad a high social-vulnerability area?

Little Baghdad sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Little Baghdad have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Little Baghdad is census tract 06073016301 (score 9.3/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.3 to 9.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Little Baghdad for landlords?

Little Baghdad carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). Pop-weighted across 7 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to El Cajon as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Little Baghdad?

Little Baghdad has 26,858 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.9%), Hispanic / Latino (30.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Other neighborhoods near Little Baghdad

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside El Cajon

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Little Baghdad.

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