Within neighborhood
36
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Westmont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037600304 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,074 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 06037600304 covers part of the Westmont area of Westmont, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,074 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. 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 58%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,068
Renter share84.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$58,013
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmont and the region
Centroid at 33.9354, -118.2940 · 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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,544 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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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
- 99%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.
- 37.0%Housing insecurity
- 18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.7%Food insecurity
- 46.8%SNAP enrollment
- 22.6%Transit barriers
- 23.2%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 44.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.2% against 11.3% nationally.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 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. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037600304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037600304?
Census tract 06037600304 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 06037600304?
Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037600304?
20.6% of residents in tract 06037600304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,074.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037600304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 92th, minority 99th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 06037600304 considered part of Westmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037600304 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037600304 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.0% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037600304 compare to Westmont overall?
Q8
Was tract 06037600304 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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