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Canoga Park Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037134002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,798 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037134002 in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,798 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 20% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,217

Renter share58.3%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate21.9%

Median income$72,901

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.2027, -118.5855 · click any tract to drill in

Why Canoga Park 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

21.9% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$1,572 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 Canoga Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

92%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
83%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
0%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 Canoga Park. 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.

21.9%Housing insecurity
9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
27.9%Food insecurity
24.8%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
16.2%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
35.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Canoga Park

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

At $1,572 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. SNAP participation runs 24.8% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 21.9% against 14.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037134002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037134002?

Census tract 06037134002 in the Canoga Park 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 06037134002?

Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037134002?

21.9% of residents in tract 06037134002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,798.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037134002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 95th, minority 83th, housing 89th.

Is tract 06037134002 considered part of Canoga Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037134002 fall within Canoga Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037134002 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.9% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037134002 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037134002 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 06037134002 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.

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