Neighborhood · Ranked #1,455 of 84,120 nationally

Valley Glen Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037123602 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,190 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06037123602 runs through the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles. With 3,190 residents, it scores 7.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,688 monthly, set against $69,311 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 22% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,201

Renter share61.5%

SVI overall0.91

Poverty rate23.6%

Median income$69,311

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1812, -118.4263 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley Glen scores 8.3

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

23.6% poverty · this tract

5.9

Supply constraint

$1,688 rent vs county FMR

1.4

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 Valley Glen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

90%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
79%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
20%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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 Valley Glen. 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.

15.5%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
18.6%Food insecurity
17.6%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
10.0%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Valley Glen

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037123602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037123602?

Census tract 06037123602 in the Valley Glen neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 06037123602?

Median gross rent is $1,688/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037123602?

23.6% of residents in tract 06037123602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,190.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037123602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 88th, minority 67th, housing 79th.

Is tract 06037123602 considered part of Valley Glen?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037123602 fall within Valley Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037123602 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037123602 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037123602 scores 8.3/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.9/10. 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.

Was tract 06037123602 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.

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