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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Russian Hill Eviction Risk: High , San Francisco

Tract 06075012901 · San Francisco, CA · pop 2,816 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06075012901 covers part of the Russian Hill area of San Francisco, CA, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,816. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 61% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share77.7%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$231,841

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Russian Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#221 of 242 tracts In San Francisco
Very Low
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#224 of 242 tracts In San Francisco
Very Low
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Francisco and the region

Centroid at 37.8020, -122.4272 · click any tract to drill in

Why Russian Hill scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Francisco
9.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,042 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Francisco
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
10.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Francisco
10.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Francisco
9.5

How Russian Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Russian Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.8This tracttract 0129019.9San Franciscoparent city9.5Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Russian Hill. 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 Russian Hill

Against San Francisco County at 37.3%, 21% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 10/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 10/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Average gross rent is $3,042, 23% above the San Francisco average. Housing insecurity runs 5.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 2.9% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the San Francisco County average of 9.5.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Francisco. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $231,841, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06075012901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06075012901?

Census tract 06075012901 in the Russian Hill neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 06075012901?

Median gross rent is $3,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06075012901?

2.6% of residents in tract 06075012901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,816.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06075012901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 1th, minority 48th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 06075012901 considered part of Russian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06075012901 fall within Russian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06075012901 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.0% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06075012901 compare to San Francisco overall?

Tract 06075012901 scores 8.8/10, lower than the parent city of San Francisco at 9.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Francisco eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06075012901 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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