Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Altadena Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06037461200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,217
Eviction risk in Altadena centers on tract 06037461200, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,217 residents. On the national scale it ranks #20,063 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,036 a month while the average household earns $172,917 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,679
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$172,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Altadena and the region
Centroid at 34.1810, -118.1154 · click any tract to drill in
Why Altadena scores 3.4
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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,036 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 42%Grade A
- 32%Grade B
- 4%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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Altadena
What moves this score most 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 in line with 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 A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037461200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037461200?
Census tract 06037461200 in Altadena scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 06037461200?
Median gross rent is $3,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037461200?
2.5% of residents in tract 06037461200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,217.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037461200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 16th, minority 59th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037461200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037461200 compare to Altadena overall?
Tract 06037461200 scores 3.4/10, 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 06037461200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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