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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Valencia Park Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073003301 · San Diego, CA · pop 3,631 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06073003301 in the Valencia Park area of San Diego, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 35% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,014
Renter share67.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$72,773

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Valencia Park
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 328 tracts In San Diego
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7028, -117.1019 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valencia Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Diego
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Diego
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Diego
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Diego
7.5

How Valencia Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Valencia Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 003301San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Valencia Park. 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 Valencia Park

The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. It sits 2.3 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6.

Average gross rent is $1,575, 32% below the San Diego average. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.

SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

Food insecurity runs 29.7% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs 47% here against 52.5% across San Diego County. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $72,773.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073003301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073003301?

Census tract 06073003301 in the Valencia Park neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06073003301?

Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073003301?

19.7% of residents in tract 06073003301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,631.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073003301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 62th, minority 94th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 06073003301 considered part of Valencia Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073003301 fall within Valencia Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073003301 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.6% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073003301 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073003301 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of San Diego at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Diego eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06073003301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 29% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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