Neighborhood · Ranked #2,210 of 84,120 nationally

Mission Hills Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037109603 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,900 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 06037109603 covers part of the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,900 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 17% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units1,268

Renter share40.5%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate11.8%

Median income$83,878

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.2537, -118.4654 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mission Hills scores 9.8

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

11.8% poverty · this tract

3.0

Supply constraint

$1,773 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Mission Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

74%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mission Hills. 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.

19.5%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
22.9%Food insecurity
18.7%SNAP enrollment
11.0%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
32.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mission Hills

34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,773 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $83,878. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037109603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037109603?

Census tract 06037109603 in the Mission Hills neighborhood scores 9.8/10 (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 06037109603?

Median gross rent is $1,773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037109603?

11.8% of residents in tract 06037109603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,900.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037109603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 86th, minority 90th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06037109603 considered part of Mission Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037109603 fall within Mission Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037109603 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.5% 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.

How does tract 06037109603 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037109603 scores 9.8/10, right in line with 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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