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 EscondidoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport98%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.
21.3%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
25.6%SNAP enrollment
16.2%No health insurance
35.7%Any disability
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.