Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Golden Hill Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073004400 · San Diego, CA · pop 3,970 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06073004400 covers part of the Golden Hill area of San Diego, CA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,970. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 33% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,734

Renter share60.3%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate10.0%

Median income$102,069

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7243, -117.1296 · click any tract to drill in

Why Golden Hill scores 8.5

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

10.0% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$2,156 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 Golden Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

67%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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
35%Grade B
64%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 Golden Hill. 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.

12.0%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
12.4%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
23.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Golden Hill

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

45% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the San Diego County average of 52.5%. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

It sits 0.9 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,156, close to the San Diego average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $102,069.

60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073004400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073004400?

Census tract 06073004400 in the Golden Hill neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06073004400?

Median gross rent is $2,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073004400?

10.0% of residents in tract 06073004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,970.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073004400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 7th, minority 61th, housing 49th.

Is tract 06073004400 considered part of Golden Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073004400 fall within Golden Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06073004400 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06073004400 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073004400 scores 8.5/10, right in line with 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 06073004400 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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