Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

La Mesa Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06073014804 · San Diego, CA · pop 4,627

Census tract 06073014804 covers part of La Mesa, CA, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,627. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 13% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,998

Renter share34.4%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate7.5%

Median income$82,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across La Mesa and the region

Centroid at 32.7864, -117.0311 · click any tract to drill in

Why La Mesa scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from La Mesa

6.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.1

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.5% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,767 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from La Mesa

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from La Mesa

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from La Mesa

7.1

How La Mesa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

56%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
10.2%Food insecurity
9.8%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in La Mesa

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

Cost burden runs 62% here against 52.5% across San Diego County. At $1,767 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of La Mesa commands. Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10. It tracks the San Diego County average of 7.6 closely.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $82,625. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073014804

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073014804?

Census tract 06073014804 in La Mesa scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06073014804?

Median gross rent is $1,767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073014804?

7.5% of residents in tract 06073014804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,627.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073014804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 62th, minority 57th, housing 63th.

What share of households in tract 06073014804 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06073014804 compare to La Mesa overall?

Tract 06073014804 scores 7.9/10, right in line with the parent city of La Mesa at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Mesa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in La Mesa

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