Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally
Westmont Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037602801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,052 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 9.2/10, tract 06037602801 in the Westmont area of West Athens, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,052 residents. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,356
Renter share73.4%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$58,810
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmont and the region
Centroid at 33.9274, -118.3002 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westmont scores 9.2
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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,379 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westmont
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westmont
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westmont
7.1
How Westmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 14%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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.6%Food insecurity
- 35.5%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 16.3%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmont
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. SNAP participation runs 35.5% against 15.2% nationally. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Housing insecurity runs 29.9% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $1,379, 15% below the West Athens average. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. 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.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037602801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602801?
Census tract 06037602801 in the Westmont neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (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 06037602801?
Median gross rent is $1,379/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602801?
19.0% of residents in tract 06037602801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 06037602801 considered part of Westmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602801 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037602801 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037602801 compare to Westmont overall?
Q8
Was tract 06037602801 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 Westmont
Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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