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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Bostonia Eviction Risk: Elevated , El Cajon

Tract 06073016503 · San Diego, CA · pop 2,944 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 7.7/10, tract 06073016503 in the Bostonia area of Bostonia, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units946
Renter share36.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$97,955

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 7 tracts In Bostonia
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In El Cajon
Very Low
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#356 of 736 tracts In San Diego
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#4,025 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across El Cajon and the region

Centroid at 32.8221, -116.9554 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bostonia scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
$2,327 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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.
Bostonia risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.77.7This tracttract 016503El Cajon: 7.97.9El Cajonparent cityCounty: 7.67.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bostonia

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 52.5% across San Diego County. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. At $2,327 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Bostonia commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the San Diego County average of 7.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $97,955.

36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06073016503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06073016503?

Census tract 06073016503 in the Bostonia neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 06073016503?

Median gross rent is $2,327/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06073016503?

7.5% of residents in tract 06073016503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,944.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06073016503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 30th, minority 52th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 06073016503 considered part of Bostonia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06073016503 fall within Bostonia (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06073016503 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.3% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06073016503 compare to El Cajon overall?

Tract 06073016503 scores 7.7/10, right in line with 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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