Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Watts Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037242100 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,680 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037242100 in the Watts area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,680. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 55% Owners 3%

Tract context

Occupied units709

Renter share96.8%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate42.4%

Median income$29,935

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9456, -118.2324 · click any tract to drill in

Why Watts 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

42.4% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,056 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Watts compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

97%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
79%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
29%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 Watts. 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.

48.4%Housing insecurity
29.3%Utility-shutoff threat
63.4%Food insecurity
67.7%SNAP enrollment
33.8%Transit barriers
29.2%No health insurance
27.3%Frequent mental distress
52.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Watts

Average gross rent is $1,056, 45% below the Los Angeles average. Food insecurity runs 63.4% against 17.8% nationally.

On the high side, economic stress reads 10/10. 97% 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. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Disability prevalence runs 52.7% against 31.5% nationally. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $29,935, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Cost burden runs 43% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.8/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037242100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037242100?

Census tract 06037242100 in the Watts 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 06037242100?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037242100?

42.4% of residents in tract 06037242100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,680.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037242100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 97th, minority 100th, housing 79th.

Is tract 06037242100 considered part of Watts?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037242100 fall within Watts (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037242100 struggle to pay rent?

About 48.4% 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. 29.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037242100 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037242100 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 06037242100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 29% 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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