Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
San Marcos Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06073020021 · San Diego, CA · pop 5,554
Tract 06073020021 sits in San Marcos, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.5/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$83,706
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Marcos and the region
Centroid at 33.1512, -117.1774 · click any tract to drill in
Why San Marcos scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from San Marcos
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,685 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Marcos
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Marcos
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Marcos
6.9
How San Marcos compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 20.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 21.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 15.1%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in San Marcos
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,685, 28% below the San Marcos average.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. Cost burden runs 57% here against 52.5% across San Diego County. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the San Diego County average of 7.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $83,706.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06073020021
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073020021?
Census tract 06073020021 in San Marcos scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06073020021?
Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06073020021?
10.4% of residents in tract 06073020021 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06073020021?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 76th, minority 81th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06073020021 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.8% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06073020021 compare to San Marcos overall?
Tract 06073020021 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of San Marcos at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Marcos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in San Marcos
Top eight tracts in San Marcos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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06073020028
8.4
/ 10 · High
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06073020029
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Soltaire
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Rancho Carrillo
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Richland
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Richland
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · CA
Richland
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · CA
Soltaire
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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