Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Thai Town Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037189201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,908 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 06037189201 covers part of the Thai Town area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,908. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 53% Owners 4%

Tract context

Occupied units1,759

Renter share95.9%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate16.8%

Median income$72,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1036, -118.2962 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thai Town 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

16.8% poverty · this tract

4.2

Supply constraint

$1,945 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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 Thai Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

69%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
65%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
100%Grade C
0%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 Thai Town. 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.

11.4%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
12.7%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
24.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thai Town

This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $72,625, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037189201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037189201?

Census tract 06037189201 in the Thai Town 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 06037189201?

Median gross rent is $1,945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037189201?

16.8% of residents in tract 06037189201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,908.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037189201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 12th, minority 54th, housing 65th.

Is tract 06037189201 considered part of Thai Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037189201 fall within Thai Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037189201 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037189201 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037189201 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 06037189201 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. 0% 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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