Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Ethiopia Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037217102 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,667 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

06037217102 is a census tract in the Little Ethiopia area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,667 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 39% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units1,216

Renter share76.9%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate19.6%

Median income$106,587

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0509, -118.3538 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Ethiopia scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

19.6% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$2,124 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.0

How Little Ethiopia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

43%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
74%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
88%Grade B
12%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 Little Ethiopia. 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.

15.9%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
17.7%Food insecurity
18.1%SNAP enrollment
9.9%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
28.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Ethiopia

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. At $2,124 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037217102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037217102?

Census tract 06037217102 in the Little Ethiopia neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 06037217102?

Median gross rent is $2,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037217102?

19.6% of residents in tract 06037217102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,667.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037217102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 7th, minority 75th, housing 74th.

Is tract 06037217102 considered part of Little Ethiopia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037217102 fall within Little Ethiopia (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037217102 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.9% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037217102 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037217102 scores 9.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037217102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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