Neighborhood · Ranked #2,210 of 84,120 nationally

Newton Park Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037201120 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,934 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 06037201120 covers part of the Newton Park area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 38% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units1,306

Renter share60.8%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$89,944

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0950, -118.1636 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newton Park scores 9.8

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

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,657 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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 Newton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

81%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
14%Grade B
28%Grade C
10%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 Newton Park. 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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
23.8%Food insecurity
18.5%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
16.3%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
31.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newton Park

37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. At $1,657 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 #2,210 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $89,944. 61% 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 06037201120

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037201120?

Census tract 06037201120 in the Newton Park neighborhood scores 9.8/10 (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 06037201120?

Median gross rent is $1,657/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037201120?

13.6% of residents in tract 06037201120 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,934.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037201120?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 58th, minority 91th, housing 47th.

Is tract 06037201120 considered part of Newton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037201120 fall within Newton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037201120 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037201120 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037201120 scores 9.8/10, 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 06037201120 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. 10% 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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