Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
El Merrie Del Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles
Tract 06037104103 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,281 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 06037104103 covers part of the El Merrie Del area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,281 residents. Severe burden reaches 57%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units868
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$109,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region
Centroid at 34.2821, -118.3926 · click any tract to drill in
Why El Merrie Del scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Los Angeles
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,309 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Angeles
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Angeles
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Angeles
9.0
How El Merrie Del compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within El Merrie Del. 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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.0%Food insecurity
- 18.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 15.1%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in El Merrie Del
Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.
Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. At $2,309 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands.
It sits 0.7 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $109,688.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037104103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037104103?
Census tract 06037104103 in the El Merrie Del neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 06037104103?
Median gross rent is $2,309/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037104103?
11.9% of residents in tract 06037104103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,281.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037104103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 69th, minority 93th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 06037104103 considered part of El Merrie Del?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037104103 fall within El Merrie Del (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037104103 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037104103 compare to Los Angeles overall?
Tract 06037104103 scores 9.1/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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