Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Lower Haight Eviction Risk: High , San Francisco

Tract 06075016801 · San Francisco, CA · pop 3,898 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 06075016801 covers part of the Lower Haight area of San Francisco, CA, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,898. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.1

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 47% Owners 19%

Tract context

Occupied units1,997

Renter share80.5%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate6.4%

Median income$148,173

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Francisco and the region

Centroid at 37.7713, -122.4290 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lower Haight scores 9.1

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

6.4% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$2,716 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Lower Haight compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

15%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
87%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
63%Grade D · redlined

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 Lower Haight. 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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
9.8%Food insecurity
8.1%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
20.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lower Haight

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 10/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 10/10. This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the San Francisco County average of 37.3%. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,716, 10% above the San Francisco average.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06075016801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06075016801?

Census tract 06075016801 in the Lower Haight neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06075016801?

Median gross rent is $2,716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06075016801?

6.4% of residents in tract 06075016801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,898.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06075016801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 3th, minority 61th, housing 87th.

Is tract 06075016801 considered part of Lower Haight?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06075016801 fall within Lower Haight (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06075016801 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06075016801 compare to San Francisco overall?

Tract 06075016801 scores 9.1/10, 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.

Was tract 06075016801 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. 63% 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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