Northridge Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Cost burden runs 65% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $60,609, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Food insecurity runs 29.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 23.6% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,623, 16% below the Los Angeles average. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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