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Neighborhood · San Francisco, CA

Russian Hill Eviction Risk: High

7 census tracts · pop 19,794 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10 · range 8.8–9.9

Russian Hill is a 7-tract neighborhood of San Francisco, CA, population 19,794. The Eviction Risk Score is 9.3/10, in the High tier. 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.

78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Against a San Francisco baseline of 25.1%, roughly one in three of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

The 7 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 8.8 to 9.9, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. 4.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

4.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. At $2,675 a month, rents sit 8% over what the rest of San Francisco commands.

Among the 53 mapped neighborhoods of San Francisco, it ranks #32 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Alamo Square and Laurel Heights.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 9.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
9.3
High
7 tracts · population-weighted
Russian Hill vs San Francisco How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
32.2% +28%
San Francisco: 25.1%
Average gross rent
$2,675 +8%
San Francisco: $2,476
Average HH income
$162,654 +15%
San Francisco: $141,446
Poverty rate
9.1% -14%
San Francisco: 10.6%
Renter share
77.7% +26%
San Francisco: 61.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Russian Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 7 tracts span score 8.8–9.9

Why Russian Hill scores 9.3

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
32% 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
78% 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
9.1% below poverty line · Range 1.0–6.9 across tracts
2.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–4.7 across tracts
3.2
Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Russian Hill score vs. parent city, state, U.S.9.3Russian HillNeighborhood9.9Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Russian Hill?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.1 points from 8.8 to 9.9. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

7 tracts in Russian Hill

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06075010702 9.9 1,458 46% $1,534
06075010902 9.7 2,502 39% $3,049
06075010800 9.5 4,613 35% $1,937
06075010300 9.3 3,925 33% $2,898
06075010201 9.1 2,473 31% $3,118
06075012901 8.8 2,816 21% $3,042
06075010901 8.8 2,007 22% $3,233
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 32

Pop-weighted across 7 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 26%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 20%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Russian Hill

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

Frequently asked

About Russian Hill

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Russian Hill?

Russian Hill scores 9.3/10 (High tier) across 7 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 Russian Hill compare to San Francisco overall?

Russian Hill scores 0.6 points lower than San Francisco overall (9.9/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $2,675 vs $2,476.
Q3

What is the average rent in Russian Hill?

Average gross rent in Russian Hill is $2,675/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Russian Hill residents are renters?

78% of Russian Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in San Francisco). The neighborhood has 19,794 residents.
Q5

Is Russian Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Russian Hill sits in the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Russian Hill have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Russian Hill is census tract 06075010702 (score 9.9/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.8 to 9.9, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Russian Hill for landlords?

Russian Hill carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). Pop-weighted across 7 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 Russian Hill?

Russian Hill has 19,637 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (23.1%), Hispanic / Latino (11.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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