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Wilmington Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037294900 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,824 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037294900 in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,824. Severe burden reaches 39%. 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 43% Stable renters 31% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units1,038

Renter share73.2%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate32.2%

Median income$38,676

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7749, -118.2774 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilmington 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

32.2% poverty · this tract

8.0

Supply constraint

$1,356 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Wilmington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

97%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
55%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 Wilmington. 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.

34.7%Housing insecurity
16.7%Utility-shutoff threat
45.0%Food insecurity
43.2%SNAP enrollment
21.2%Transit barriers
26.8%No health insurance
20.9%Frequent mental distress
44.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilmington

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 43.2% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $38,676, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

73% 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. At $1,356 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Cost burden runs 58% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037294900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037294900?

Census tract 06037294900 in the Wilmington 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 06037294900?

Median gross rent is $1,356/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037294900?

32.2% of residents in tract 06037294900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,824.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037294900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 86th, minority 98th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06037294900 considered part of Wilmington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037294900 fall within Wilmington (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037294900 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.7% 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. 16.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037294900 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037294900 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 06037294900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 55% 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.

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