Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

Top of the Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Daly City

Tract 06081600402 · San Mateo, CA · pop 4,688 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6.6/10, tract 06081600402 in the Top of the Hill area of Daly City, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 11% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,158

Renter share16.8%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$142,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Daly City and the region

Centroid at 37.7051, -122.4529 · click any tract to drill in

Why Top of the Hill scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Daly City

8.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.9

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$2,767 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Daly City

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Daly City

4.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Daly City

5.2

How Top of the Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

67%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%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 Top of the 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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
19.8%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
28.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Top of the Hill

Cost burden runs 33% here against 44.9% across San Mateo County. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.4/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.9/10. At $2,767 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Daly City commands.

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. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

It tracks the San Mateo County average of 7.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $142,250.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06081600402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081600402?

Census tract 06081600402 in the Top of the Hill neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06081600402?

Median gross rent is $2,767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06081600402?

8.4% of residents in tract 06081600402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,688.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06081600402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 33th, minority 93th, housing 64th.

Is tract 06081600402 considered part of Top of the Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06081600402 fall within Top of the Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06081600402 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06081600402 compare to Daly City overall?

Tract 06081600402 scores 6.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Daly City at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Daly City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06081600402 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Daly City

Top eight tracts in Daly City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.