Neighborhood · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally

City Terrace Eviction Risk: High , East Los Angeles

Tract 06037203800 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,728 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Eviction risk in the City Terrace neighborhood of East Los Angeles centers on tract 06037203800, which scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,728 residents. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,242 monthly, set against $64,792 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 29% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units1,260

Renter share62.5%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate21.4%

Median income$64,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0450, -118.1956 · click any tract to drill in

Why City Terrace scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Los Angeles

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

21.4% poverty · this tract

5.4

Supply constraint

$1,242 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Los Angeles

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Los Angeles

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Los Angeles

9.0

How City Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

96%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
53%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
99%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 City Terrace. 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.

29.0%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
36.1%Food insecurity
30.2%SNAP enrollment
16.3%Transit barriers
25.6%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
40.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in City Terrace

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from East Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037203800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037203800?

Census tract 06037203800 in the City Terrace neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 06037203800?

Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037203800?

21.4% of residents in tract 06037203800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,728.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037203800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 78th, minority 97th, housing 53th.

Is tract 06037203800 considered part of City Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037203800 fall within City Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037203800 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.0% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037203800 compare to East Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037203800 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of East Los Angeles at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037203800 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. 99% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East Los Angeles

Top eight tracts in East Los Angeles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.