Westlake South Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

99% 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. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $40,588, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 33.3% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,411, 27% below the Los Angeles average. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% 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.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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