Westmont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037240401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,409 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 06037240401 covers part of the Westmont area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,409 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Westmont and the region
Centroid at 33.9499, -118.2857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westmont scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Westmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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
- 100%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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 38.5%Housing insecurity
- 19.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 49.6%Food insecurity
- 49.6%SNAP enrollment
- 23.8%Transit barriers
- 26.8%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 46.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
72% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.
SNAP participation runs 49.6% against 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 48% of average household income of $39,280, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.
71% 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. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.8% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
Average gross rent is $1,559, 19% below the Los Angeles average. 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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Highest-risk tracts in Westmont
Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.