Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Cajon Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , El Cajon
Tract 06073016100 · San Diego, CA · pop 6,518 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 06073016100 covers part of the Cajon Heights area of El Cajon, CA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,518 residents. The severe-burden share is 65%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,172
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$108,175
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across El Cajon and the region
Centroid at 32.7999, -116.9900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cajon Heights scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from El Cajon
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,970 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from El Cajon
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from El Cajon
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from El Cajon
8.5
How Cajon Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cajon Heights. 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cajon Heights
Cost burden runs 75% here against 52.5% across San Diego County. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.1/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the San Diego County average of 7.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,970, close to the El Cajon average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $108,175. 31% 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 06073016100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073016100?
Census tract 06073016100 in the Cajon Heights neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06073016100?
Median gross rent is $1,970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06073016100?
7.5% of residents in tract 06073016100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06073016100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 82th, minority 50th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 06073016100 considered part of Cajon Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073016100 fall within Cajon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06073016100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06073016100 compare to El Cajon overall?
Tract 06073016100 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of El Cajon at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from El Cajon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in El Cajon
Top eight tracts in El Cajon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · CA
Cajon Heights
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Cajon Heights
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Little Baghdad
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Little Baghdad
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Bostonia
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Little Baghdad
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Hillsdale
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · CA
Bostonia
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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