Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Harvard Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037213201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,162 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 06037213201 sits in the Harvard Heights area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 4,162. Severe burden reaches 37%. 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 61% Stable renters 32% Owners 7%

Tract context

Occupied units1,702

Renter share93.4%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate24.2%

Median income$41,987

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0527, -118.3045 · 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

24.2% poverty · this tract

6.1

Supply constraint

$1,622 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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: 93

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

99%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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
2%Grade B
23%Grade C
75%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.

21.5%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
31.5%Food insecurity
28.6%SNAP enrollment
14.4%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
34.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harvard Heights

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $41,987, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Cost burden runs 65% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

SNAP participation runs 28.6% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $1,622 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. Housing insecurity runs 21.5% against 14.2% nationally. 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037213201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037213201?

Census tract 06037213201 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 06037213201?

Median gross rent is $1,622/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037213201?

24.2% of residents in tract 06037213201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,162.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037213201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 58th, minority 95th, housing 75th.

Is tract 06037213201 considered part of Harvard Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037213201 fall within Harvard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037213201 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.5% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037213201 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037213201 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 06037213201 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. 75% 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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