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Neighborhood · Escondido, CA

Downtown Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 11,580 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9/10 · range 9–9

Downtown is a 2-tract neighborhood of Escondido, CA and houses 11,580 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 9/10, High tier. Cost burden runs 60% against 36.5% citywide, putting Downtown 23.3% over its own city.

Severe burden reaches 37%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Annualized rent equals 50% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

This is a renter market: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 26.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.2% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. At $1,820 a month, rents sit 11% under what the rest of Escondido commands.

Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Escondido, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Old Escondido and Los Arboles. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

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
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Downtown vs Escondido How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
59.8% +64%
Escondido: 36.5%
Average gross rent
$1,820 -11%
Escondido: $2,046
Average HH income
$43,501 -49%
Escondido: $84,477
Poverty rate
21.7% +62%
Escondido: 13.4%
Renter share
82.8% +78%
Escondido: 46.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Downtown and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 9–9

Why Downtown scores 9

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
60% of income on rent · Range 8.8–8.8 across tracts
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
83% renter households · Range 9.0–9.0 across tracts
9.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Economic stress
21.7% below poverty line · Range 3.8–7.7 across tracts
5.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.7 across tracts
1.4
Risk score comparison

Downtown vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Downtown score vs. parent city, state, U.S.9.0DowntownNeighborhood7.6Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Downtown

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

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
06073020308 9 6,700 55% $1,916
06073020214 9 4,880 66% $1,689
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 96

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 84%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 98%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Downtown

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

Frequently asked

About Downtown

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Downtown?

Downtown scores 9/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Downtown compare to Escondido overall?

Downtown scores 1.4 points higher than Escondido overall (7.6/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,820 vs $2,046.
Q3

What is the average rent in Downtown?

Average gross rent in Downtown is $1,820/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Downtown residents are renters?

83% of Downtown households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in Escondido). The neighborhood has 11,580 residents.
Q5

Is Downtown a high social-vulnerability area?

Downtown sits in the 96th 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 Downtown have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Downtown is census tract 06073020308 (score 9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9 to 9, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Downtown for landlords?

Downtown carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Escondido as a whole (7.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Downtown?

Downtown has 11,367 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (47.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (38.9%), Other / Multiracial (4.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Other neighborhoods near Downtown

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Escondido

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Downtown.

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