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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally

Westdale Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037271600 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,099 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 06037271600 sits in the Westdale area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.9/10. It is home to 5,099 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 43% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units2,061
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$115,456

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Westdale
Elevated
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#833 of 1,117 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,155 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#1,974 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0211, -118.4305 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westdale scores 8.9

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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,243 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Westdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.98.9This tracttract 271600Los Angeles: 9.89.8Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 Westdale. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westdale

39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 70% 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.

At $2,243 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037271600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037271600?

Census tract 06037271600 in the Westdale neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037271600?

Median gross rent is $2,243/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037271600?

11.9% of residents in tract 06037271600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,099.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037271600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 3th, minority 73th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 06037271600 considered part of Westdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037271600 fall within Westdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037271600 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037271600 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037271600 scores 8.9/10, lower than 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037271600 historically redlined?

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