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Downtown Eviction Risk: High , Escondido

Tract 06073020214 · San Diego, CA · pop 4,880 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In Downtown in Escondido, census tract 06073020214 scores 6.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,689 a month against an average household income of $32,194 a year, roughly 63% of income at the averages. About 95% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 63% Stable renters 32% Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,946
Renter share94.8%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$32,194

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Downtown
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 34 tracts In Escondido
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#339 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Escondido and the region

Centroid at 33.1270, -117.0844 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 8.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Escondido
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,689 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Escondido
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Escondido
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Escondido
7.6

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.68.6This tracttract 020214Escondido: 7.87.8Escondidoparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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 Downtown

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Escondido eviction risk, 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 Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 96th 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 27.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.7% 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 06073020214

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073020214?

Census tract 06073020214 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 8.6/10 (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 06073020214?

Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073020214?

30.7% of residents in tract 06073020214 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,880.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073020214?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 73th, minority 82th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 06073020214 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073020214 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073020214 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.3% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073020214 compare to Escondido overall?

Tract 06073020214 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Escondido at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Escondido eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Escondido

Top eight tracts in Escondido ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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