Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Altadena Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06037460302 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,257
Tract 06037460302, home to 4,257 residents in Altadena in Los Angeles County, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #31,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,543 a month while the average household earns $92,009 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,651
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$92,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Altadena and the region
Centroid at 34.1944, -118.1577 · click any tract to drill in
Why Altadena scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Altadena
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,543 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Altadena
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Altadena
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Altadena
6.0
How Altadena compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 56%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
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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Altadena
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.7/10. 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 Altadena, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037460302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037460302?
Census tract 06037460302 in Altadena scores 4.4/10 (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 06037460302?
Median gross rent is $2,543/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037460302?
5.8% of residents in tract 06037460302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,257.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037460302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 70th, minority 82th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037460302 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037460302 compare to Altadena overall?
Tract 06037460302 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Altadena at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Altadena; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 06037460302 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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Top eight tracts in Altadena ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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