Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

New Chinatown Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037197500 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,882 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 06037197500 covers part of the New Chinatown area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,882. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 50% Owners 12%

Tract context

Occupied units1,800

Renter share88.7%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate16.8%

Median income$83,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0717, -118.2577 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Chinatown 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

16.8% poverty · this tract

4.2

Supply constraint

$1,726 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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 New Chinatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

78%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
0%Grade C
100%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 New Chinatown. 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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
19.0%Food insecurity
16.9%SNAP enrollment
9.8%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
28.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Chinatown

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Cost burden runs 43% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Average gross rent is $1,726, 11% below the Los Angeles average.

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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $83,167.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037197500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037197500?

Census tract 06037197500 in the New Chinatown 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 06037197500?

Median gross rent is $1,726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037197500?

16.8% of residents in tract 06037197500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,882.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037197500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 9th, minority 77th, housing 57th.

Is tract 06037197500 considered part of New Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037197500 fall within New Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037197500 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037197500 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037197500 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 06037197500 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. 100% 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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