Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Top of the Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Daly City
Tract 06081600402 · San Mateo, CA · pop 4,688 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.8/10 for census tract 06081600402 reflects conditions in the Top of the Hill neighborhood of Daly City, California. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,767 a month against an average household income of $142,250 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
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.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
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 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Daly City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the San Mateo County average of 5.1 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06081600402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06081600402?
Census tract 06081600402 in the Top of the Hill neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 06081600402?
Median gross rent is $2,767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 06081600402 compare to Daly City overall?
Tract 06081600402 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Daly City at 8/10. 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.
Q8
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.
Tract · CA
Top of the Hill
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Top of the Hill
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · CA
Top of the Hill
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Edgemar
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CA
Serramonte
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CA
Top of the Hill
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · CA
Top of the Hill
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Bayshore
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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