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Ramona Gardens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037203601 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,629 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 06037203601 sits in the Ramona Gardens area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 2,629. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 28% Owners 14%

Tract context

Occupied units827

Renter share86.2%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate27.0%

Median income$38,798

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0517, -118.2082 · 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

27.0% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$1,427 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: 98

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

98%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
100%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.

33.3%Housing insecurity
15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
40.0%SNAP enrollment
19.9%Transit barriers
27.3%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
43.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ramona Gardens

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 40.0% against 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $38,798, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 33.3% against 14.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,427, 26% below the Los Angeles average. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037203601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037203601?

Census tract 06037203601 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 06037203601?

Median gross rent is $1,427/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037203601?

27.0% of residents in tract 06037203601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,629.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037203601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 99th, housing 77th.

Is tract 06037203601 considered part of Ramona Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037203601 fall within Ramona Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037203601 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.3% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037203601 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037203601 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 06037203601 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. 100% 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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