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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

San Fernando Mall Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037320202 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,272 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06037320202 covers part of the San Fernando Mall area of San Fernando, CA, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,272 residents. The severe-burden share is 55%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 6% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,423
Renter share24.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$109,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In San Fernando Mall
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In San Fernando
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#2,147 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#6,559 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Fernando and the region

Centroid at 34.2897, -118.4345 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Fernando Mall scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Fernando
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,647 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Fernando
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Fernando
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Fernando
7.2

How San Fernando Mall compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
San Fernando Mall risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 320202San Fernando: 7.57.5San Fernandoparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 San Fernando Mall. 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 San Fernando Mall

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 75% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.1 points.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037320202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037320202?

Census tract 06037320202 in the San Fernando Mall neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 06037320202?

Median gross rent is $1,647/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037320202?

7.4% of residents in tract 06037320202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,272.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037320202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 36th, minority 95th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 06037320202 considered part of San Fernando Mall?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037320202 fall within San Fernando Mall (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037320202 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037320202 compare to San Fernando overall?

Tract 06037320202 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of San Fernando at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Fernando; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037320202 historically redlined?

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

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

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