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Neighborhood · San Francisco, CA

Forest Hill Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 7,610 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10 · range 8.8–8.8

Forest Hill is a 2-tract neighborhood of San Francisco, CA and houses 7,610 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 8.8/10, placing it in the High tier. 39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the San Francisco rate of 25.1%.

What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 10/10.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 10/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 6.5% of adults, 11.3 points below the national rate.

Average gross rent is $2,851, 15% above the San Francisco average of $2,476. That places it #51 of 53 neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $170,831.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.8
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Forest Hill vs San Francisco How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
39.2% +56%
San Francisco: 25.1%
Average gross rent
$2,851 +15%
San Francisco: $2,476
Average HH income
$170,831 +21%
San Francisco: $141,446
Poverty rate
3.2% -70%
San Francisco: 10.6%
Renter share
15.5% -75%
San Francisco: 61.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Forest Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 8.8–8.8

Why Forest Hill scores 8.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.6–8.6 across tracts
8.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 9.8–9.8 across tracts
9.8
Rent control risk
39% of income on rent · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Tenant organizing strength
16% renter households · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Economic stress
3.2% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.8–5.5 across tracts
3.6
Risk score comparison

Forest Hill vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Forest Hill score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.8Forest HillNeighborhood9.9Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Forest Hill

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06075030400 8.8 5,262 37% $2,573
06075030600 8.8 2,348 43% $3,474
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 15

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 5%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 27%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 26%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Hill

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Forest Hill

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Hill?

Forest Hill scores 8.8/10 (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 Forest Hill compare to San Francisco overall?

Forest Hill scores 1.1 points lower than San Francisco overall (9.9/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $2,851 vs $2,476.
Q3

What is the average rent in Forest Hill?

Average gross rent in Forest Hill is $2,851/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Forest Hill residents are renters?

16% of Forest Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in San Francisco). The neighborhood has 7,610 residents.
Q5

Is Forest Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Forest Hill sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Forest Hill have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Forest Hill is census tract 06075030400 (score 8.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.8 to 8.8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Forest Hill for landlords?

Forest Hill carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). 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 San Francisco as a whole (9.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Hill?

Forest Hill has 7,476 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (43.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (40.2%), Other / Multiracial (7.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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