Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #1,455 of 84,120 nationally
East Los Angeles Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037531202 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,252 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06037531202 (East Los Angeles in East Los Angeles, California) comes in at 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,250 monthly, set against $53,875 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 81% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share80.6%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$53,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region
Centroid at 34.0257, -118.1859 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Los Angeles scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Los Angeles
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,250 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Los Angeles
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Los Angeles
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Los Angeles
6.8
How East Los Angeles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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
- 99%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 East Los Angeles. 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.
- 34.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.8%Food insecurity
- 39.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.9%Transit barriers
- 30.0%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 43.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Los Angeles
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from East Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 34.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037531202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037531202?
Census tract 06037531202 in the East Los Angeles neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 06037531202?
Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037531202?
22.0% of residents in tract 06037531202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037531202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 85th, minority 99th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 06037531202 considered part of East Los Angeles?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037531202 fall within East Los Angeles (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037531202 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.1% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037531202 compare to East Los Angeles overall?
Tract 06037531202 scores 8.3/10, right in line with the parent city of East Los Angeles at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037531202 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. 99% 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 East Los Angeles
Top eight tracts in East Los Angeles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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