Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Toluca Lake Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037125322 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,981 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 06037125322 covers part of the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,981. Cost burden runs 75% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 75% Stable renters 25% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units1,543

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate28.7%

Median income$47,991

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1667, -118.3738 · click any tract to drill in

Why Toluca Lake 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

28.7% poverty · this tract

7.2

Supply constraint

$2,290 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Toluca Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

95%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
71%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
52%Grade C
16%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 Toluca Lake. 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.

18.5%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
22.6%Food insecurity
23.2%SNAP enrollment
12.6%Transit barriers
10.3%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
33.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Toluca Lake

Set annual rent against average income of $47,991 and the ratio lands at 57%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

This is renter territory: 100% 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 poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. At $2,290 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands. SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% nationally.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037125322

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037125322?

Census tract 06037125322 in the Toluca Lake 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 06037125322?

Median gross rent is $2,290/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037125322?

28.7% of residents in tract 06037125322 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,981.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037125322?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 71th, minority 71th, housing 65th.

Is tract 06037125322 considered part of Toluca Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037125322 fall within Toluca Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037125322 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.5% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037125322 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037125322 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 06037125322 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. 16% 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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