Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Harvard Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037212502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,997 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06037212502 is a census tract in the Harvard Heights area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 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 57% Stable renters 40% Owners 3%

Tract context

Occupied units1,702

Renter share96.5%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate15.8%

Median income$63,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0586, -118.3070 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harvard Heights 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

15.8% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$2,023 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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 Harvard Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

84%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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
3%Grade B
90%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 Harvard Heights. 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.

15.0%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
19.6%Food insecurity
15.7%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
25.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harvard Heights

35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $63,500 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Cost burden runs 59% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 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. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,023, close to the Los Angeles average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037212502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037212502?

Census tract 06037212502 in the Harvard Heights 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 06037212502?

Median gross rent is $2,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037212502?

15.8% of residents in tract 06037212502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,997.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037212502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 13th, minority 91th, housing 98th.

Is tract 06037212502 considered part of Harvard Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037212502 fall within Harvard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037212502 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037212502 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037212502 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 06037212502 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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