Neighborhood · Ranked #2,210 of 84,120 nationally

University Hills Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037201700 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,865 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06037201700 covers part of the University Hills area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 28% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units1,492

Renter share49.7%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate10.8%

Median income$78,088

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0674, -118.1709 · click any tract to drill in

Why University Hills scores 9.8

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

10.8% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,623 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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 University Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

69%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
84%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
1%Grade B
68%Grade C
1%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 University Hills. 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.

19.3%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
23.0%Food insecurity
18.2%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
30.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in University Hills

The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.4 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Average gross rent is $1,623, 16% below 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 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $78,088. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037201700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037201700?

Census tract 06037201700 in the University Hills neighborhood scores 9.8/10 (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 06037201700?

Median gross rent is $1,623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037201700?

10.8% of residents in tract 06037201700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,865.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037201700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 41th, minority 88th, housing 84th.

Is tract 06037201700 considered part of University Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037201700 fall within University Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037201700 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.3% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037201700 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037201700 scores 9.8/10, 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 06037201700 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. 1% 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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