Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Western Hills Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073009107 · San Diego, CA · pop 4,991 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

06073009107 is a census tract in the Western Hills area of San Diego, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,991 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 26% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units2,279

Renter share64.2%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate30.3%

Median income$75,733

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7677, -117.1885 · click any tract to drill in

Why Western Hills scores 9.9

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

30.3% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$2,337 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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 Western Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

46%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
88%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
1%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 Western Hills. 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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
16.1%SNAP enrollment
10.4%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Western Hills

It sits 2.3 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $75,733, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. Cost burden runs 59% here against 52.5% across San Diego County.

On the high side, economic stress reads 7.6/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,337, close to the San Diego average. 64% 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 06073009107

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073009107?

Census tract 06073009107 in the Western Hills neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06073009107?

Median gross rent is $2,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073009107?

30.3% of residents in tract 06073009107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,991.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073009107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 2th, minority 64th, housing 88th.

Is tract 06073009107 considered part of Western Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073009107 fall within Western Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06073009107 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06073009107 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073009107 scores 9.9/10, 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 06073009107 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. 1% 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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