Neighborhood · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally

Bungalow Heaven Eviction Risk: High , Pasadena

Tract 06037462700 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,539 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06037462700 covers part of the Bungalow Heaven area of Pasadena, CA, and scores 9.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 31%. 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 39% Stable renters 29% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units2,483

Renter share67.9%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate17.9%

Median income$66,648

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pasadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1519, -118.1145 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bungalow Heaven scores 9.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pasadena

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

17.9% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,825 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pasadena

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pasadena

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pasadena

6.4

How Bungalow Heaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

69%Socioeconomic
20%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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
36%Grade B
56%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 Bungalow Heaven. 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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
13.4%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
27.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bungalow Heaven

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $66,648 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. At $1,825 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Pasadena commands.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

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 #3,529 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037462700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037462700?

Census tract 06037462700 in the Bungalow Heaven 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037462700?

Median gross rent is $1,825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037462700?

17.9% of residents in tract 06037462700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,539.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037462700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 20th, minority 75th, housing 59th.

Is tract 06037462700 considered part of Bungalow Heaven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037462700 fall within Bungalow Heaven (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037462700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037462700 compare to Pasadena overall?

Tract 06037462700 scores 9.2/10, higher than the parent city of Pasadena at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pasadena eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037462700 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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