Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood Village Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037265204 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,544 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

06037265204 is a census tract in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,544 residents. Severe burden reaches 41%. 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 44% Stable renters 36% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units743

Renter share79.9%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate35.0%

Median income$117,829

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0617, -118.4446 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood Village scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

35.0% poverty · this tract

8.8

Supply constraint

$3,217 rent vs county FMR

7.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.0

How Westwood Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

66%Socioeconomic
14%Household composition
62%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
0%Grade B
43%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 Westwood Village. 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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
4.5%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood Village

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,217, 66% above the Los Angeles average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. 80% 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.

The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $117,829, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. The voucher gap is 22.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037265204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037265204?

Census tract 06037265204 in the Westwood Village 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 06037265204?

Median gross rent is $3,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037265204?

35.0% of residents in tract 06037265204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,544.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037265204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 14th, minority 62th, housing 96th.

Is tract 06037265204 considered part of Westwood Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037265204 fall within Westwood Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037265204 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037265204 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037265204 scores 9.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037265204 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 Los Angeles

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