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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

West Whittier Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Whittier-Los Nietos

Tract 06037501002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,469 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 06037501002 in the West Whittier area of West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,469 residents. The severe-burden share is 45%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 3% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,314
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$113,222

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 9 tracts In West Whittier
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In West Whittier-Los Nietos
Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#2,449 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#8,324 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Whittier-Los Nietos and the region

Centroid at 33.9823, -118.0620 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Whittier scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,199 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
6.5

How West Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Whittier risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 501002West Whittier-Los : 6.66.6West Whittier-Los parent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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 West Whittier. 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 West Whittier

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 85% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 3.2 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Average gross rent is $2,199, 15% above the West Whittier-Los Nietos average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $113,222.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037501002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037501002?

Census tract 06037501002 in the West Whittier neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 06037501002?

Median gross rent is $2,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037501002?

3.0% of residents in tract 06037501002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,469.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037501002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 39th, minority 90th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 06037501002 considered part of West Whittier?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037501002 fall within West Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037501002 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.4% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037501002 compare to West Whittier-Los Nietos overall?

Tract 06037501002 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of West Whittier-Los Nietos at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037501002 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 West Whittier-Los Nietos

Top eight tracts in West Whittier-Los Nietos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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