Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Ramona Gardens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037199801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,745 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

06037199801 is a census tract in the Ramona Gardens area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,745. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 23% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units897

Renter share66.2%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate17.4%

Median income$68,661

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0693, -118.2110 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ramona Gardens scores 9.9

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

17.4% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$1,528 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Ramona Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

95%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
80%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
62%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 Ramona Gardens. 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.

25.3%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
35.0%Food insecurity
29.2%SNAP enrollment
15.4%Transit barriers
20.6%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
38.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ramona Gardens

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Food insecurity runs 35.0% against 17.8% nationally. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Average gross rent is $1,528, 21% below the Los Angeles average. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.6% against 11.3% nationally.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037199801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037199801?

Census tract 06037199801 in the Ramona Gardens neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06037199801?

Median gross rent is $1,528/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037199801?

17.4% of residents in tract 06037199801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,745.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037199801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 67th, minority 98th, housing 80th.

Is tract 06037199801 considered part of Ramona Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037199801 fall within Ramona Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037199801 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.3% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037199801 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037199801 scores 9.9/10, 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 06037199801 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 62% 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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