Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
South Pasadena Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06037480704 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,109
South Pasadena is where census tract 06037480704 sits, home to 4,109 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,986 a month against an average household income of $115,415 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 74% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,833
Renter share74.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$115,415
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Pasadena and the region
Centroid at 34.1058, -118.1537 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Pasadena scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Pasadena
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,986 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Pasadena
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Pasadena
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Pasadena
3.8
How South Pasadena compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 67%Grade B
- 26%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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 21.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Pasadena
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from South Pasadena eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037480704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037480704?
Census tract 06037480704 in South Pasadena scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037480704?
Median gross rent is $1,986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037480704?
8.0% of residents in tract 06037480704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037480704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 25th, minority 77th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037480704 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037480704 compare to South Pasadena overall?
Tract 06037480704 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of South Pasadena at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Pasadena eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 06037480704 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 South Pasadena
Top eight tracts in South Pasadena ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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