Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally
Bostonia Eviction Risk: High , El Cajon
Tract 06073016502 · San Diego, CA · pop 8,159 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 06073016502 sits in the Bostonia area of Bostonia, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,520
Renter share68.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$66,701
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across El Cajon and the region
Centroid at 32.8145, -116.9432 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bostonia scores 9.3
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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,759 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from El Cajon
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from El Cajon
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from El Cajon
8.0
How Bostonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bostonia. 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.
- 18.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.3%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bostonia
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Against San Diego County at 52.5%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
It sits 1.7 points above the San Diego County average of 7.6. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
At $1,759 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Bostonia commands. SNAP participation runs 23.8% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most 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 06073016502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073016502?
Census tract 06073016502 in the Bostonia neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 06073016502?
Median gross rent is $1,759/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06073016502?
22.5% of residents in tract 06073016502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,159.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06073016502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 90th, minority 64th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 06073016502 considered part of Bostonia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073016502 fall within Bostonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06073016502 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.4% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06073016502 compare to El Cajon overall?
Tract 06073016502 scores 9.3/10, higher 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.
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