Neighborhood · Ranked #2,484 of 84,120 nationally

Van Nuys Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037127806 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,576 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

06037127806 is a census tract in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,576 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.6

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 36% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units1,292

Renter share80.0%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate9.3%

Median income$81,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1886, -118.4572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Van Nuys scores 9.6

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

9.3% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,774 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 Van Nuys compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

88%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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
73%Grade B
6%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 Van Nuys. 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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
25.2%Food insecurity
21.7%SNAP enrollment
12.0%Transit barriers
15.3%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
33.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Van Nuys

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 21.2% against 14.2% nationally. At $1,774 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 55% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037127806

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037127806?

Census tract 06037127806 in the Van Nuys neighborhood scores 9.6/10 (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 06037127806?

Median gross rent is $1,774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037127806?

9.3% of residents in tract 06037127806 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,576.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037127806?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 32th, minority 87th, housing 61th.

Is tract 06037127806 considered part of Van Nuys?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037127806 fall within Van Nuys (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037127806 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037127806 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037127806 scores 9.6/10, 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.

Was tract 06037127806 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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