Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Van Nuys Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037127910 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,908 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06037127910 is a census tract in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,908. 40% 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 51% Stable renters 26% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units1,574

Renter share77.1%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate24.9%

Median income$68,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1976, -118.4444 · click any tract to drill in

Why Van Nuys 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

24.9% poverty · this tract

6.2

Supply constraint

$1,685 rent vs county FMR

1.4

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 Van Nuys compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

98%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
100%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
46%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 Van Nuys. 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.

27.0%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
34.1%Food insecurity
32.1%SNAP enrollment
16.0%Transit barriers
20.2%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
39.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Van Nuys

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Housing insecurity runs 27.0% against 14.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.2% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,685 a month, rents run 13% 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. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037127910

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037127910?

Census tract 06037127910 in the Van Nuys 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 06037127910?

Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037127910?

24.9% of residents in tract 06037127910 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,908.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037127910?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 100th.

Is tract 06037127910 considered part of Van Nuys?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037127910 fall within Van Nuys (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037127910 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.0% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037127910 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037127910 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 06037127910 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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