Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Orange Heights Eviction Risk: High , Pasadena

Tract 06037461600 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,495 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06037461600 covers part of the Orange Heights area of Pasadena, CA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,495. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 31% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,725

Renter share68.3%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate14.1%

Median income$77,986

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pasadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1625, -118.1568 · click any tract to drill in

Why Orange Heights scores 8.5

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

14.1% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$2,081 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 Orange Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

84%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
68%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
4%Grade B
1%Grade C
76%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 Orange 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.

19.9%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
23.4%Food insecurity
20.9%SNAP enrollment
11.5%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
31.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Orange Heights

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $77,986 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.2/10.

At $2,081 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Pasadena commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 54% of renters.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037461600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037461600?

Census tract 06037461600 in the Orange Heights neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06037461600?

Median gross rent is $2,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037461600?

14.1% of residents in tract 06037461600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,495.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037461600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 62th, minority 89th, housing 68th.

Is tract 06037461600 considered part of Orange Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037461600 fall within Orange Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037461600 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037461600 compare to Pasadena overall?

Tract 06037461600 scores 8.5/10, 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 06037461600 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. 76% 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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