West Whittier Eviction Risk: Elevated , West Whittier-Los Nietos
Tract 06037501400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,093 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 06037501400 covers part of the West Whittier area of Whittier, CA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across West Whittier-Los Nietos and the region
Centroid at 33.9820, -118.0474 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Whittier scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow West Whittier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
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
- 29%Grade C
- 13%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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Whittier. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 21.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.3%Food insecurity
- 18.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in West Whittier
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.
Housing insecurity runs 21.4% against 14.2% 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. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
56% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,849, close to the Whittier average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $89,500.
55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
About tract 06037501400
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Highest-risk tracts in West Whittier-Los Nietos
Top eight tracts in West Whittier-Los Nietos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.