Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Leimert Park Village Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037234502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,772 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037234502 in the Leimert Park Village area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,772. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 26% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,114

Renter share68.6%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate29.6%

Median income$28,578

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0019, -118.3244 · click any tract to drill in

Why Leimert Park Village 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

29.6% poverty · this tract

7.4

Supply constraint

$1,242 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 Leimert Park Village 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.

86%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
83%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
50%Grade B
47%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 Leimert Park Village. 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.

29.1%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
37.7%Food insecurity
41.2%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
14.8%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
43.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Leimert Park Village

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Annualized rent equals 52% of average household income of $28,578, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

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

At $1,242 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Housing insecurity runs 29.1% against 14.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 62% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 9.4/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037234502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037234502?

Census tract 06037234502 in the Leimert Park Village 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 06037234502?

Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037234502?

29.6% of residents in tract 06037234502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,772.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037234502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 91th, minority 94th, housing 83th.

Is tract 06037234502 considered part of Leimert Park Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037234502 fall within Leimert Park Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037234502 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.1% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037234502 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037234502 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 06037234502 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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