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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally

Garnsey Eviction Risk: Elevated , Los Angeles

Tract 06037124903 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,744 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Garnsey in Los Angeles anchors census tract 06037124903, which lands at 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #3,331 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,112 monthly, set against $78,575 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 82% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 30% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,669
Renter share81.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$78,575

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 16 tracts In Garnsey
Elevated
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#556 of 1,117 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#808 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#1,462 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1666, -118.4009 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garnsey scores 7.5

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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$2,112 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Garnsey compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Garnsey risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.57.5This tracttract 124903Los Angeles: 9.99.9Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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 Garnsey. 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 Garnsey

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 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% 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 06037124903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037124903?

Census tract 06037124903 in the Garnsey neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 06037124903?

Median gross rent is $2,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037124903?

14.5% of residents in tract 06037124903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,744.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037124903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 54th, minority 75th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 06037124903 considered part of Garnsey?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037124903 fall within Garnsey (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037124903 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037124903 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037124903 scores 7.5/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037124903 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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