3 census tracts · pop 9,669 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.9/10
· range 9.9–9.9
Dogtown spans 3 census tracts of Los Angeles, CA and houses 9,669 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 9.9/10, in the High tier. Against a Los Angeles baseline of 35.0%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
This is a renter market: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
At $1,453 a month, rents sit 25% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. SNAP participation is 29.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 23%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 18.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #1 of 161 neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Vermont Square and Little Bangladesh.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.9
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Dogtown vs Los AngelesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport90%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dogtown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.3%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility shutoff threat
32.9%Food insecurity
29.9%SNAP enrollment
18.4%No health insurance
37.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Dogtown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Dogtown?
Dogtown scores 9.9/10 (High tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Dogtown compare to Los Angeles overall?
Dogtown scores 0.1 points higher than Los Angeles overall (9.8/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,453 vs $1,933.
Q3
What is the average rent in Dogtown?
Average gross rent in Dogtown is $1,453/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Dogtown residents are renters?
83% of Dogtown households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Los Angeles). The neighborhood has 9,669 residents.
Q5
Is Dogtown a high social-vulnerability area?
Dogtown sits in the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Dogtown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Dogtown is census tract 06037206010 (score 9.9/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.9 to 9.9, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Dogtown for landlords?
Dogtown carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Los Angeles as a whole (9.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Dogtown?
Dogtown has 9,257 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (62.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22%), White (non-Hispanic) (10.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
