Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally

Florence-Firestone Eviction Risk: Elevated , Florence-Graham

Tract 06037534900 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,790 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Florence-Firestone in Florence-Graham is where census tract 06037534900 sits, home to 5,790 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #20,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,661 monthly, set against $80,441 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 42% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units1,372

Renter share70.8%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate11.1%

Median income$80,441

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Florence-Graham and the region

Centroid at 33.9708, -118.2368 · click any tract to drill in

Why Florence-Firestone scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Florence-Graham

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.1% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,661 rent vs county FMR

1.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Florence-Graham

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Florence-Graham

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Florence-Graham

8.3

How Florence-Firestone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

96%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
62%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 Florence-Firestone. 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.

30.2%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
37.0%Food insecurity
29.9%SNAP enrollment
16.7%Transit barriers
26.8%No health insurance
19.3%Frequent mental distress
40.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Florence-Firestone

The heaviest input here 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 Florence-Graham, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and in line with 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 62% 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 30.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% 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 06037534900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534900?

Census tract 06037534900 in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 06037534900?

Median gross rent is $1,661/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534900?

11.1% of residents in tract 06037534900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,790.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 38th, minority 99th, housing 55th.

Is tract 06037534900 considered part of Florence-Firestone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534900 fall within Florence-Firestone (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037534900 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.2% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037534900 compare to Florence-Graham overall?

Tract 06037534900 scores 7.1/10, lower than the parent city of Florence-Graham at 8.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Florence-Graham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037534900 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. 62% 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 Florence-Graham

Top eight tracts in Florence-Graham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.