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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

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

Tract 06037501400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,093 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06037501400 covers part of the West Whittier area of Whittier, CA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 24% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,110
Renter share55.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$89,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In West Whittier
High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 20 tracts In West Whittier-Los Nietos
Elevated
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#1,934 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#5,249 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Whittier-Los Nietos and the region

Centroid at 33.9820, -118.0474 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Whittier scores 7

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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,849 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
6.3

How West Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Whittier risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 501400West 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: 67

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

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.

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

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10.

It sits 1.4 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 21.4% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

56% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,849, close to the Whittier average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $89,500.

55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037501400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037501400?

Census tract 06037501400 in the West Whittier neighborhood scores 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037501400?

Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037501400?

9.1% of residents in tract 06037501400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,093.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037501400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 34th, minority 92th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 06037501400 considered part of West Whittier?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037501400 fall within West Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037501400 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.4% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037501400 compare to West Whittier-Los Nietos overall?

Tract 06037501400 scores 7/10, higher 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 06037501400 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. 13% 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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