Vermont Square Eviction Risk: High

What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. SNAP participation is 52.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. At $1,122 a month, rents sit 42% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. 76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

20.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That places it #1 of 161 neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Ramona Gardens and Bicycle District. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $47,589.

One tract means one number: 9.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.