Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally

Silver Lake Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037197410 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,725 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

06037197410 is a census tract in the Silver Lake Heights area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 8.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,725. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

8.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 25% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,701

Renter share44.6%

SVI overall0.53

Poverty rate6.3%

Median income$97,480

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0929, -118.2504 · click any tract to drill in

Why Silver Lake Heights scores 8.9

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

6.3% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$2,119 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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: 53

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

56%Socioeconomic
30%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
79%Grade C
21%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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
23.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Silver Lake Heights

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,119, 10% above the Los Angeles average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $97,480.

45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037197410

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037197410?

Census tract 06037197410 in the Silver Lake Heights neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 06037197410?

Median gross rent is $2,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037197410?

6.3% of residents in tract 06037197410 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,725.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037197410?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 30th, minority 65th, housing 55th.

Is tract 06037197410 considered part of Silver Lake Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037197410 fall within Silver Lake Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037197410 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037197410 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037197410 scores 8.9/10, 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 06037197410 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. 21% 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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