Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Sylmar Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037106010 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,578 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 06037106010 covers part of the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,578 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

8.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 6% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units938

Renter share19.1%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate5.2%

Median income$144,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.3253, -118.4434 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sylmar scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

5.2% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$2,667 rent vs county FMR

5.2

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 Sylmar compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

38%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
54%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sylmar. 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.

17.6%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
19.4%Food insecurity
14.8%SNAP enrollment
9.4%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
31.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sylmar

Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Average gross rent is $2,667, 38% above the Los Angeles average. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $144,375.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037106010

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037106010?

Census tract 06037106010 in the Sylmar neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037106010?

Median gross rent is $2,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037106010?

5.2% of residents in tract 06037106010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,578.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037106010?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 67th, minority 81th, housing 54th.

Is tract 06037106010 considered part of Sylmar?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037106010 fall within Sylmar (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037106010 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037106010 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037106010 scores 8.4/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

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