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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.Downtown: 9.09.0DowntownNeighborhoodParent city: 7.67.6Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.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.
Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Downtown

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Escondido

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Downtown.

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