Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally

Silver Lake Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037187200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,668 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06037187200 covers part of the Silver Lake Heights area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,668. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 26% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units1,075

Renter share61.2%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate8.9%

Median income$93,521

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1055, -118.2469 · click any tract to drill in

Why Silver Lake Heights scores 9.2

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

8.9% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$2,419 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 Silver Lake Heights 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.

81%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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
94%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 Silver Lake Heights. 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.

17.5%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
20.8%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Silver Lake Heights

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $2,419, 25% above the Los Angeles average. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. 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 #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 58% of renters. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $93,521.

61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06037187200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037187200?

Census tract 06037187200 in the Silver Lake Heights neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (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 06037187200?

Median gross rent is $2,419/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037187200?

8.9% of residents in tract 06037187200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,668.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037187200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 43th, minority 82th, housing 44th.

Is tract 06037187200 considered part of Silver Lake Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037187200 fall within Silver Lake Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037187200 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037187200 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037187200 scores 9.2/10, lower than 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 06037187200 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. 94% 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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