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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Harvard Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037221302 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,681 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037221302 in the Harvard Heights area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,681 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. 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 28% Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share88.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate30.9%
Median income$37,285

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 18 tracts In Harvard Heights
Elevated
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#101 of 1,117 tracts In Los Angeles
Very High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#404 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0417, -118.3115 · 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
30.9% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,207 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 Harvard Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harvard Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 221302Los Angeles: 9.89.8Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harvard Heights

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. At $1,207 a month, rents run 38% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. 88% 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.

Food insecurity runs 38.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $37,285 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.9% against 11.3% nationally.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037221302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037221302?

Census tract 06037221302 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037221302?

Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037221302?

30.9% of residents in tract 06037221302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,681.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037221302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 71th, minority 94th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 06037221302 considered part of Harvard Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037221302 fall within Harvard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037221302 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.2% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037221302 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037221302 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037221302 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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