Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Santa Monica Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037701304 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,285 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

06037701304 is a census tract in the Downtown Santa Monica area of Santa Monica, CA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,285. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score

7.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 31% Owners 54%

Tract context

Occupied units2,686

Renter share46.3%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$142,155

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Monica and the region

Centroid at 34.0293, -118.5076 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Santa Monica scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Monica

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$2,471 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Monica

5.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Monica

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Monica

5.7

How Downtown Santa Monica compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

12%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
43%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
32%Grade B
36%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 Downtown Santa Monica. 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.

5.9%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
6.0%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
4.0%Transit barriers
3.2%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Santa Monica

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,471, close to the Santa Monica average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037701304

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037701304?

Census tract 06037701304 in the Downtown Santa Monica neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037701304?

Median gross rent is $2,471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037701304?

6.1% of residents in tract 06037701304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,285.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037701304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 49th, minority 43th, housing 59th.

Is tract 06037701304 considered part of Downtown Santa Monica?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037701304 fall within Downtown Santa Monica (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037701304 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037701304 compare to Santa Monica overall?

Tract 06037701304 scores 7.7/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Monica at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Monica; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037701304 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Monica

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