Neighborhood · Ranked #2,339 of 84,120 nationally

Sentous Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037219902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,514 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 9.7/10, tract 06037219902 in the Sentous area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,514 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.7

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 30% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units1,363

Renter share63.5%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate16.2%

Median income$104,890

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0297, -118.3698 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sentous scores 9.7

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

16.2% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$2,408 rent vs county FMR

4.2

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 Sentous 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.

87%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
46%Grade C
1%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 Sentous. 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.

24.1%Housing insecurity
11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
29.0%Food insecurity
26.5%SNAP enrollment
14.0%Transit barriers
16.8%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
35.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sentous

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Average gross rent is $2,408, 25% above the Los Angeles average. It sits 1.3 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Food insecurity runs 29.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 24.1% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. 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 2.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 53% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037219902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037219902?

Census tract 06037219902 in the Sentous neighborhood scores 9.7/10 (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 06037219902?

Median gross rent is $2,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037219902?

16.2% of residents in tract 06037219902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,514.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037219902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 16th, minority 90th, housing 52th.

Is tract 06037219902 considered part of Sentous?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037219902 fall within Sentous (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037219902 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.1% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037219902 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037219902 scores 9.7/10, 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 06037219902 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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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