Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Lafayette Park Square Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037218900 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,229 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037218900 in the Lafayette Park Square area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,229 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 43% Owners 14%

Tract context

Occupied units2,136

Renter share85.8%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate17.5%

Median income$62,128

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0327, -118.3230 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lafayette Park Square 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

17.5% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,685 rent vs county FMR

1.4

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 Lafayette Park Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

98%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
94%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
0%Grade B
99%Grade C
1%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 Lafayette Park Square. 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.

23.5%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
27.0%Food insecurity
26.1%SNAP enrollment
13.6%Transit barriers
13.1%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lafayette Park Square

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $62,128 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. SNAP participation runs 26.1% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally.

At $1,685 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037218900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037218900?

Census tract 06037218900 in the Lafayette Park Square 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 06037218900?

Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037218900?

17.5% of residents in tract 06037218900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,229.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037218900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 72th, minority 93th, housing 94th.

Is tract 06037218900 considered part of Lafayette Park Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037218900 fall within Lafayette Park Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037218900 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.5% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037218900 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037218900 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 06037218900 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. 1% 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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