Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally

Mount Washington Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037185204 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,778 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 9.2/10, tract 06037185204 in the Mount Washington area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,778. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score

9.2

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 17% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units722

Renter share26.6%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate15.2%

Median income$123,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1029, -118.2233 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mount Washington scores 9.2

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

15.2% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 Mount Washington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

53%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
42%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
42%Grade B
32%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 Mount Washington. 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
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
14.6%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
14.5%Frequent mental distress
29.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mount Washington

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 0.8 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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. Nationally it ranks #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037185204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037185204?

Census tract 06037185204 in the Mount Washington neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 06037185204?

15.2% of residents in tract 06037185204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,778.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037185204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 49th, minority 76th, housing 42th.

Is tract 06037185204 considered part of Mount Washington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037185204 fall within Mount Washington (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037185204 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037185204 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037185204 scores 9.2/10, 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 06037185204 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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