7 census tracts · pop 24,293 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.7/10
· range 8.9–9.9
Pacoima takes in 7 census tracts of Los Angeles, CA and houses 24,293 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 9.7/10, in the High tier. around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Los Angeles rate of 35.0%.
What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. 32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 28.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
24.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 8.9 to 9.9, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Among the 161 mapped neighborhoods of Los Angeles, it ranks #52 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $2,007, close to the Los Angeles average.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $84,983. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 9.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
9.7
High
7 tracts · population-weighted
Pacoima vs Los AngelesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pacoima
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.4%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility shutoff threat
35.3%Food insecurity
29.8%SNAP enrollment
24.2%No health insurance
39.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pacoima
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pacoima?
Pacoima scores 9.7/10 (High tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pacoima compare to Los Angeles overall?
Pacoima scores 0.1 points lower than Los Angeles overall (9.8/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $2,007 vs $1,933.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pacoima?
Average gross rent in Pacoima is $2,007/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pacoima residents are renters?
32% of Pacoima households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Los Angeles). The neighborhood has 24,293 residents.
Q5
Is Pacoima a high social-vulnerability area?
Pacoima sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pacoima have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pacoima is census tract 06037119202 (score 9.9/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.9 to 9.9, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Pacoima for landlords?
Pacoima carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.7/10). Pop-weighted across 7 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Los Angeles as a whole (9.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pacoima?
Pacoima has 24,139 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (92.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (2.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
