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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally

Sherman Oaks Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037128910 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,741 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 06037128910 covers part of the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 8.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,741 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 27% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$108,321

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Sherman Oaks
Moderate
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#895 of 1,117 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,234 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,258 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.1617, -118.4585 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sherman Oaks scores 8.7

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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,143 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Sherman Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sherman Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 128910Los Angeles: 9.89.8Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

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.

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 Sherman Oaks. 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 Sherman Oaks

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $2,143, 11% above the Los Angeles average. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $108,321. 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037128910

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037128910?

Census tract 06037128910 in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037128910?

Median gross rent is $2,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037128910?

7.6% of residents in tract 06037128910 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,741.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037128910?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 21th, minority 61th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 06037128910 considered part of Sherman Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037128910 fall within Sherman Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037128910 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037128910 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037128910 scores 8.7/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037128910 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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