Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Altadena Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06037461200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,217

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 06037461200 in Altadena, CA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It sits 3.0 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 7% Owners 86%

Tract context

Occupied units1,679

Renter share13.8%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate2.5%

Median income$172,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Altadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1810, -118.1154 · click any tract to drill in

Why Altadena scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Altadena

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

2.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$3,036 rent vs county FMR

6.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Altadena

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Altadena

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Altadena

6.0

How Altadena compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

12%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
22%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

42%Grade A
32%Grade B
4%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

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.

7.2%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
24.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Altadena

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $3,036, 29% above the Altadena average. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.

The voucher gap is 15.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037461200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037461200?

Census tract 06037461200 in Altadena scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 06037461200?

Median gross rent is $3,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037461200?

2.5% of residents in tract 06037461200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,217.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037461200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 16th, minority 59th, housing 22th.

What share of households in tract 06037461200 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037461200 compare to Altadena overall?

Tract 06037461200 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Altadena at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Altadena; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037461200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Altadena

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