Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Park Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037183103 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,548 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06037183103 sits in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.1/10. It is home to 4,548 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.1

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 48% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units1,663

Renter share76.5%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate8.7%

Median income$98,633

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1156, -118.1749 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 9.1

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

8.7% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,878 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

76%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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
39%Grade C
45%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 Highland Park. 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.

17.5%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
19.5%Food insecurity
15.5%SNAP enrollment
9.7%Transit barriers
12.7%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
28.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Park

Cost burden runs 38% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

It sits 0.7 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,878, close to the Los Angeles average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $98,633.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037183103

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037183103?

Census tract 06037183103 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 06037183103?

Median gross rent is $1,878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037183103?

8.7% of residents in tract 06037183103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,548.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037183103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 29th, minority 84th, housing 61th.

Is tract 06037183103 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037183103 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037183103 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037183103 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037183103 scores 9.1/10, lower than 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 06037183103 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. 45% 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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