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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Sunset Cliffs Eviction Risk: Elevated , San Diego

Tract 06073007304 · San Diego, CA · pop 3,451 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is the Sunset Cliffs neighborhood of San Diego for landlords? Census tract 06073007304 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,107 monthly, set against $104,311 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 41% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,039
Renter share75.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$104,311

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Sunset Cliffs
Very High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#93 of 328 tracts In San Diego
Elevated
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#167 of 736 tracts In San Diego
High
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#3,404 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7427, -117.2533 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Cliffs scores 6.2

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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$2,107 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Sunset Cliffs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunset Cliffs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 007304San Diego: 8.78.7San Diegoparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

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.

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 Sunset Cliffs. 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 Sunset Cliffs

The score leans hardest on 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073007304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073007304?

Census tract 06073007304 in the Sunset Cliffs neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 06073007304?

Median gross rent is $2,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073007304?

15.3% of residents in tract 06073007304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,451.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073007304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 0th, minority 26th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 06073007304 considered part of Sunset Cliffs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073007304 fall within Sunset Cliffs (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073007304 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073007304 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073007304 scores 6.2/10, 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 06073007304 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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