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

Western Hills Eviction Risk: High , San Diego

Tract 06073009108 · San Diego, CA · pop 2,062 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06073009108 in the Western Hills area of San Diego, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,062. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 22% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units898
Renter share47.9%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$88,654

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Western Hills
Elevated
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#155 of 328 tracts In San Diego
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#216 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#2,547 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Diego and the region

Centroid at 32.7707, -117.2023 · click any tract to drill in

Why Western Hills 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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,774 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Western Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Western Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.58.5This tracttract 009108San Diego: 8.68.6San Diegoparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Western Hills

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,774 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of San Diego commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Against the San Diego County average of 7.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Diego. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06073009108

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073009108?

Census tract 06073009108 in the Western Hills 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06073009108?

Median gross rent is $1,774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073009108?

6.0% of residents in tract 06073009108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,062.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073009108?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 57th, minority 58th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 06073009108 considered part of Western Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073009108 fall within Western Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073009108 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073009108 compare to San Diego overall?

Tract 06073009108 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.
Q8

Was tract 06073009108 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. 4% 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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