Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Dayton Avenue Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037199400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,497 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 06037199400 covers part of the Dayton Avenue area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,497 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 34% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units1,501

Renter share73.6%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate30.5%

Median income$55,573

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0896, -118.2093 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dayton Avenue 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

30.5% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$1,464 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 Dayton Avenue compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

97%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
2%Grade C
55%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 Dayton Avenue. 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.

27.9%Housing insecurity
13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
37.4%Food insecurity
35.1%SNAP enrollment
17.3%Transit barriers
20.9%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
40.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dayton Avenue

The severe-burden share is 31%, 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. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 35.1% against 15.2% nationally. 74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Housing insecurity runs 27.9% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Average gross rent is $1,464, 24% below the Los Angeles average.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, 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. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037199400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037199400?

Census tract 06037199400 in the Dayton Avenue 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 06037199400?

Median gross rent is $1,464/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037199400?

30.5% of residents in tract 06037199400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,497.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037199400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 32th, minority 94th, housing 80th.

Is tract 06037199400 considered part of Dayton Avenue?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037199400 fall within Dayton Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037199400 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.9% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037199400 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037199400 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 06037199400 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. 55% 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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