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

Westdale Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037271902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,871 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 8.9/10, tract 06037271902 in the Westdale area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,871. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

8.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 39% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units1,861

Renter share71.1%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate8.3%

Median income$102,510

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0096, -118.4317 · 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

8.3% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,919 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

40%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
69%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 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.

9.6%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
8.3%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
14.8%Frequent mental distress
23.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westdale

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, 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. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% 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 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,919, close to the Los Angeles average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037271902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037271902?

Census tract 06037271902 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037271902?

Median gross rent is $1,919/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037271902?

8.3% of residents in tract 06037271902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,871.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037271902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 12th, minority 64th, housing 73th.

Is tract 06037271902 considered part of Westdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037271902 fall within Westdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037271902 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037271902 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037271902 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.

Was tract 06037271902 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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