Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Westlake South Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037209402 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,296 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

06037209402 is a census tract in the Westlake South area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. 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 49% Stable renters 46% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units1,280

Renter share94.8%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate29.1%

Median income$47,783

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0547, -118.2772 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westlake South 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

29.1% poverty · this tract

7.3

Supply constraint

$1,169 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 Westlake South 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.

92%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
99%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
87%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 Westlake South. 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.

38.2%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
51.0%Food insecurity
49.1%SNAP enrollment
24.3%Transit barriers
34.2%No health insurance
21.4%Frequent mental distress
48.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westlake South

Food insecurity runs 51.0% against 17.8% nationally. 95% 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. Average gross rent is $1,169, 40% below the Los Angeles average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 48.8% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037209402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037209402?

Census tract 06037209402 in the Westlake South 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 06037209402?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037209402?

29.1% of residents in tract 06037209402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,296.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037209402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 87th, minority 95th, housing 99th.

Is tract 06037209402 considered part of Westlake South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037209402 fall within Westlake South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037209402 struggle to pay rent?

About 38.2% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037209402 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037209402 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 06037209402 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. 87% 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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