Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037241001 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,641 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037241001 in the Athens area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,641. 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 23% Stable renters 24% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,101

Renter share46.9%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate20.8%

Median income$90,517

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9296, -118.2680 · click any tract to drill in

Why Athens 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

20.8% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,786 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Athens 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.

93%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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
68%Grade C
32%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 Athens. 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.

29.0%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
34.2%Food insecurity
32.2%SNAP enrollment
16.6%Transit barriers
17.8%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
36.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 32.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 34.2% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037241001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037241001?

Census tract 06037241001 in the Athens 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 06037241001?

Median gross rent is $1,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037241001?

20.8% of residents in tract 06037241001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,641.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037241001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 90th, minority 99th, housing 62th.

Is tract 06037241001 considered part of Athens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037241001 fall within Athens (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037241001 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.0% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037241001 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037241001 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 06037241001 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. 32% 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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