Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Westmont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037600400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,032 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
06037600400 is a census tract in the Westmont area of Westmont, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,032 residents. Severe burden reaches 49%. 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 35%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,495
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate32.6%
Median income$65,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
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 33.9369, -118.3141 · 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
32.6% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,206 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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 1%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.
- 27.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.5%Food insecurity
- 39.6%SNAP enrollment
- 17.3%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. SNAP participation runs 39.6% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Cost burden runs 65% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Housing insecurity runs 27.8% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
Average gross rent is $1,206, 18% below the Westmont average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037600400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037600400?
Census tract 06037600400 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 06037600400?
Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037600400?
32.6% of residents in tract 06037600400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037600400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 06037600400 considered part of Westmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037600400 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037600400 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.8% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037600400 compare to Westmont overall?
Q8
Was tract 06037600400 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.
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