Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

Newton Park Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037201200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,711 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 06037201200 in the Newton Park area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 25% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units765

Renter share43.3%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate11.9%

Median income$93,309

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0887, -118.1785 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newton Park scores 9.5

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

11.9% poverty · this tract

3.0

Supply constraint

$1,461 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 Newton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

83%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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
2%Grade C
74%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.

23.7%Housing insecurity
9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
28.7%Food insecurity
23.6%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
19.1%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
35.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newton Park

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,461, 24% below the Los Angeles average.

It sits 1.1 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Housing insecurity runs 23.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally. 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 #2,657 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037201200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037201200?

Census tract 06037201200 in the Newton Park neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (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 06037201200?

Median gross rent is $1,461/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037201200?

11.9% of residents in tract 06037201200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,711.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037201200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 65th, minority 91th, housing 24th.

Is tract 06037201200 considered part of Newton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037201200 fall within Newton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037201200 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037201200 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037201200 scores 9.5/10, 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 06037201200 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. 74% 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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