Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Arcadia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06037430721 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,403

Arcadia anchors census tract 06037430721, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,785 monthly, set against $98,333 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 24% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units1,336

Renter share47.5%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate11.0%

Median income$98,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Arcadia and the region

Centroid at 34.1378, -118.0417 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arcadia scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Arcadia

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.0% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,785 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Arcadia

7.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Arcadia

8.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Arcadia

6.0

How Arcadia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

79%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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

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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Arcadia

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Arcadia, 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 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 White and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 06037430721

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037430721?

Census tract 06037430721 in Arcadia scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037430721?

Median gross rent is $1,785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037430721?

11.0% of residents in tract 06037430721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,403.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037430721?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 82th, minority 82th, housing 89th.

What share of households in tract 06037430721 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037430721 compare to Arcadia overall?

Tract 06037430721 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of Arcadia at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arcadia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037430721 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 Arcadia

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