Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Westmont Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037238400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,107 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 06037238400 covers part of the Westmont area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 12% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,753

Renter share30.8%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$74,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westmont and the region

Centroid at 33.9563, -118.3090 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westmont scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westmont

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,234 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westmont

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westmont

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westmont

9.0

How Westmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

68%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
86%Grade B
0%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 Westmont. 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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
23.2%Food insecurity
23.9%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
34.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westmont

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. At $1,234 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 23.9% 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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037238400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037238400?

Census tract 06037238400 in the Westmont 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 06037238400?

Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037238400?

13.6% of residents in tract 06037238400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,107.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037238400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 77th, minority 98th, housing 82th.

Is tract 06037238400 considered part of Westmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037238400 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037238400 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037238400 compare to Westmont overall?

Tract 06037238400 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Westmont at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037238400 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westmont

Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.