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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

South Encanto Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Diego

Tract 06073003103 · San Diego, CA · pop 6,141 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 06073003103 sits in the South Encanto area of San Diego eviction risk, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 76% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,158 a month while the average household earns $99,919 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 2% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,704
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$99,919

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In South Encanto
Very Low
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#158 of 328 tracts In San Diego
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#266 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Elevated
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#4,313 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7070, -117.0441 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Encanto scores 5.7

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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,158 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 South Encanto compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Encanto risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 003103San Diego: 8.78.7San Diegoparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 South Encanto. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Encanto

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from San Diego eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Diego County average of 5.8 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 94% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073003103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073003103?

Census tract 06073003103 in the South Encanto neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 06073003103?

Median gross rent is $2,158/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073003103?

7.2% of residents in tract 06073003103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,141.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073003103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 74th, minority 89th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 06073003103 considered part of South Encanto?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073003103 fall within South Encanto (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073003103 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073003103 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073003103 scores 5.7/10, lower than the parent city of San Diego at 8.7/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 06073003103 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 94% 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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