Within neighborhood
79
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Westmont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037600202 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,625 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 06037600202 covers part of the Westmont area of Westmont, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,625 residents. Severe burden reaches 56%. 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 53%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units2,278
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate27.9%
Median income$37,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmont and the region
Centroid at 33.9426, -118.2991 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westmont scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westmont
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.9% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,233 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westmont
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westmont
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westmont
8.9
How Westmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 1%Grade B
- 96%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.
- 34.5%Housing insecurity
- 18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.4%Food insecurity
- 45.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.0%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 43.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
Cost burden runs 72% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Food insecurity runs 43.4% against 17.8% nationally.
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10.
Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $37,250, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 28%, 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. Disability prevalence runs 43.7% against 31.5% nationally.
At $1,233 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Westmont commands.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037600202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037600202?
Census tract 06037600202 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037600202?
Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037600202?
27.9% of residents in tract 06037600202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037600202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 97th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 06037600202 considered part of Westmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037600202 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037600202 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.5% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037600202 compare to Westmont overall?
Q8
Was tract 06037600202 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westmont
Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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