Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Watts Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037242700 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,982 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 06037242700 sits in the Watts area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 4,982. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 20% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units1,298

Renter share51.1%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate18.4%

Median income$51,170

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9364, -118.2426 · click any tract to drill in

Why Watts 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

18.4% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$1,324 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Watts compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

92%Socioeconomic
68%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
86%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
22%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 Watts. 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.

30.8%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
37.0%Food insecurity
33.3%SNAP enrollment
17.5%Transit barriers
21.9%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
39.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Watts

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Food insecurity runs 37.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,324, 32% below the Los Angeles average. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 21.9% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037242700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037242700?

Census tract 06037242700 in the Watts 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 06037242700?

Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037242700?

18.4% of residents in tract 06037242700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,982.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037242700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 68th, minority 96th, housing 86th.

Is tract 06037242700 considered part of Watts?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037242700 fall within Watts (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037242700 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.8% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037242700 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037242700 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 06037242700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 22% 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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