Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Silver Lake Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037195500 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,010 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 06037195500 covers part of the Silver Lake Heights area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,010 residents. Cost burden runs 35% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

Risk score

8.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 36% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units2,484

Renter share56.3%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate6.6%

Median income$120,909

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0882, -118.2646 · click any tract to drill in

Why Silver Lake Heights scores 8.4

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

6.6% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,776 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 Silver Lake Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

33%Socioeconomic
26%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
10%Grade B
45%Grade C
36%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 Silver Lake Heights. 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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
9.5%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
21.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Silver Lake Heights

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,776 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Against average income of $120,909, annual rent is just 18%.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037195500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037195500?

Census tract 06037195500 in the Silver Lake Heights neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (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 06037195500?

Median gross rent is $1,776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037195500?

6.6% of residents in tract 06037195500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,010.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037195500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 26th, minority 68th, housing 53th.

Is tract 06037195500 considered part of Silver Lake Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037195500 fall within Silver Lake Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037195500 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037195500 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037195500 scores 8.4/10, 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.

Was tract 06037195500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 36% 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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