Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Ocean Park Eviction Risk: High , Santa Monica

Tract 06037702002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,185 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06037702002 in the Ocean Park area of Santa Monica, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,185 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 44% Owners 15%

Tract context

Occupied units3,300

Renter share85.0%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate10.6%

Median income$101,648

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Monica and the region

Centroid at 34.0058, -118.4862 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ocean Park scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Monica

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

10.6% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$2,477 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Monica

5.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Monica

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Monica

5.7

How Ocean Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

61%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
64%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 Ocean 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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
8.9%SNAP enrollment
5.8%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
24.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ocean Park

This is renter territory: 85% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% 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 #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely.

Average gross rent is $2,477, close to the Santa Monica average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037702002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037702002?

Census tract 06037702002 in the Ocean Park neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06037702002?

Median gross rent is $2,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037702002?

10.6% of residents in tract 06037702002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,185.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037702002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 33th, minority 57th, housing 78th.

Is tract 06037702002 considered part of Ocean Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037702002 fall within Ocean Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037702002 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037702002 compare to Santa Monica overall?

Tract 06037702002 scores 8.5/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Monica at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Monica; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037702002 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. 64% 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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Top eight tracts in Santa Monica ranked by composite eviction-risk score.