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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

La Jolla Mesa Eviction Risk: Elevated , San Diego

Tract 06073008006 · San Diego, CA · pop 4,009 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 06073008006 in the La Jolla Mesa area of San Diego, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the San Diego County average of 52.5%.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 43% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,835
Renter share68.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$131,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In La Jolla Mesa
Very Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#253 of 328 tracts In San Diego
Low
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#411 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Moderate
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#4,738 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.8086, -117.2629 · click any tract to drill in

Why La Jolla Mesa scores 7.3

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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,350 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 La Jolla Mesa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
La Jolla Mesa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 008006San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within La Jolla Mesa. 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 La Jolla Mesa

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073008006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073008006?

Census tract 06073008006 in the La Jolla Mesa neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 06073008006?

Median gross rent is $2,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073008006?

5.1% of residents in tract 06073008006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,009.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073008006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 2th, minority 29th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 06073008006 considered part of La Jolla Mesa?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073008006 fall within La Jolla Mesa (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073008006 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073008006 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073008006 scores 7.3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Diego

Top eight tracts in San Diego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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