Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally

Normal Heights Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073001802 · San Diego, CA · pop 3,358 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 06073001802 covers part of the Normal Heights area of San Diego, CA, and scores 9.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. This is renter territory: 85% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score

9.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 43% Owners 15%

Tract context

Occupied units1,786

Renter share84.6%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate11.8%

Median income$82,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7632, -117.1221 · click any tract to drill in

Why Normal Heights scores 9.2

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

11.8% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,965 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Normal Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

61%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
74%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
100%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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 Normal Heights. 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.

14.6%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
14.5%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
8.6%Transit barriers
8.0%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
23.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Normal Heights

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.8/10.

It sits 1.6 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,965, 15% below the San Diego average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Diego. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06073001802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073001802?

Census tract 06073001802 in the Normal Heights neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06073001802?

Median gross rent is $1,965/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073001802?

11.8% of residents in tract 06073001802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,358.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073001802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 2th, minority 63th, housing 74th.

Is tract 06073001802 considered part of Normal Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073001802 fall within Normal Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06073001802 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06073001802 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073001802 scores 9.2/10, 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.

Was tract 06073001802 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. 0% 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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