Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Thai Town Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037190302 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,967 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06037190302 covers part of the Thai Town area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,967 residents. The score leans hardest on 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 44% Owners 13%

Tract context

Occupied units1,194

Renter share86.6%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate14.1%

Median income$66,894

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1040, -118.3177 · 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

14.1% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,995 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 90

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

84%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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
86%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.

14.4%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
15.8%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
6.8%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thai Town

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. 87% 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.

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $66,894, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

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 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,995, close to the Los Angeles average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037190302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037190302?

Census tract 06037190302 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 06037190302?

Median gross rent is $1,995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037190302?

14.1% of residents in tract 06037190302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,967.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037190302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 57th, minority 66th, housing 98th.

Is tract 06037190302 considered part of Thai Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037190302 fall within Thai Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037190302 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037190302 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037190302 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 06037190302 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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