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Oak Knoll Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Marino

Tract 06037480601 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,188 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 06037480601, home to 4,188 residents in the Oak Knoll area of San Marino, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,311 a month while the average household earns $129,500 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 84% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 51% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share84.5%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$129,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Oak Knoll
Elevated
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In San Marino
Elevated
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#2,298 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#7,017 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Marino and the region

Centroid at 34.1194, -118.1467 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Knoll scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Marino
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,311 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Marino
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Marino
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Marino
3.8

How Oak Knoll compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oak Knoll risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 480601San Marino: 7.97.9San Marinoparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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 Oak Knoll. 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 Oak Knoll

What moves this score most 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 San Marino, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037480601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037480601?

Census tract 06037480601 in the Oak Knoll neighborhood scores 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037480601?

Median gross rent is $2,311/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037480601?

7.3% of residents in tract 06037480601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,188.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037480601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 34th, minority 78th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 06037480601 considered part of Oak Knoll?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037480601 fall within Oak Knoll (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037480601 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037480601 compare to San Marino overall?

Tract 06037480601 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of San Marino at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Marino; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037480601 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 Marino

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

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