Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Thai Town Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037190510 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,974 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

06037190510 is a census tract in the Thai Town area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 41% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units1,725

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate31.3%

Median income$52,989

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1000, -118.3114 · 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

31.3% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,743 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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: 85

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

94%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
25.4%Food insecurity
25.9%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
11.0%No health insurance
19.5%Frequent mental distress
32.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thai Town

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. 100% 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.

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $52,989, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,743 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037190510

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037190510?

Census tract 06037190510 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 06037190510?

Median gross rent is $1,743/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037190510?

31.3% of residents in tract 06037190510 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,974.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037190510?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 11th, minority 78th, housing 95th.

Is tract 06037190510 considered part of Thai Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037190510 fall within Thai Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037190510 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037190510 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037190510 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 06037190510 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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