Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Ramona Gardens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037204200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,427 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

06037204200 is a census tract in the Ramona Gardens area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,427. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 37% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units1,031

Renter share83.6%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate31.2%

Median income$46,646

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0436, -118.2051 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ramona Gardens scores 9.9

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

31.2% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,440 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 Ramona Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

98%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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
100%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 Ramona Gardens. 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.

32.3%Housing insecurity
14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
40.9%Food insecurity
37.4%SNAP enrollment
19.1%Transit barriers
25.8%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
41.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ramona Gardens

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

84% 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. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $46,646, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Housing insecurity runs 32.3% against 14.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.8% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,440, 26% below the Los Angeles average.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037204200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037204200?

Census tract 06037204200 in the Ramona Gardens neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06037204200?

Median gross rent is $1,440/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037204200?

31.2% of residents in tract 06037204200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,427.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037204200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 79th, minority 98th, housing 70th.

Is tract 06037204200 considered part of Ramona Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037204200 fall within Ramona Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037204200 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.3% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037204200 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037204200 scores 9.9/10, 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 06037204200 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. 100% 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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