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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Sparr Heights Eviction Risk: High , Glendale

Tract 06037300503 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,063 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 8.3/10, tract 06037300503 in the Sparr Heights area of La Crescenta-Montrose, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,063 residents. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 28% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,245
Renter share75.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$59,821

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Sparr Heights
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Glendale
Very High
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,559 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#3,143 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Glendale and the region

Centroid at 34.2109, -118.2283 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sparr Heights scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Glendale
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,142 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glendale
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glendale
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glendale
5.9

How Sparr Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sparr Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.38.3This tracttract 300503Glendale: 9.19.1Glendaleparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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.

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 Sparr Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sparr Heights

Set annual rent against average income of $59,821 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Cost burden runs 63% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. 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. Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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 06037300503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037300503?

Census tract 06037300503 in the Sparr Heights 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 06037300503?

Median gross rent is $2,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037300503?

12.0% of residents in tract 06037300503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,063.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037300503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 63th, minority 69th, housing 56th.
Q5

Is tract 06037300503 considered part of Sparr Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037300503 fall within Sparr Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037300503 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037300503 compare to Glendale overall?

Tract 06037300503 scores 8.3/10, lower than the parent city of Glendale at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glendale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037300503 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.
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