Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Ethiopia Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037216902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,227 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

06037216902 is a census tract in the Little Ethiopia area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 35% 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 37% Stable renters 46% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units1,129

Renter share83.6%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate25.5%

Median income$82,986

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0542, -118.3622 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Ethiopia 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

25.5% poverty · this tract

6.4

Supply constraint

$1,905 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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 Little Ethiopia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

90%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
100%Grade B
0%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 Little Ethiopia. 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.

13.1%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
15.5%SNAP enrollment
8.4%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
28.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Ethiopia

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 45% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,905, close to the Los Angeles average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037216902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037216902?

Census tract 06037216902 in the Little Ethiopia 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 06037216902?

Median gross rent is $1,905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037216902?

25.5% of residents in tract 06037216902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,227.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037216902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 41th, minority 76th, housing 73th.

Is tract 06037216902 considered part of Little Ethiopia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037216902 fall within Little Ethiopia (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037216902 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037216902 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037216902 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 06037216902 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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