Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Boyle Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037204120 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,606 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06037204120 covers part of the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,606 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 38% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units695

Renter share68.3%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate7.3%

Median income$86,850

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0339, -118.2012 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boyle Heights scores 9.3

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

7.3% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,733 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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 Boyle Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

94%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
74%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 Boyle 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.

28.4%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
35.1%Food insecurity
28.4%SNAP enrollment
15.8%Transit barriers
25.9%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
40.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boyle Heights

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Adults with no health insurance runs 25.9% against 11.3% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 28.4% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 0.9 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. At $1,733 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037204120

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037204120?

Census tract 06037204120 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 06037204120?

Median gross rent is $1,733/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037204120?

7.3% of residents in tract 06037204120 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,606.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037204120?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 86th, minority 97th, housing 74th.

Is tract 06037204120 considered part of Boyle Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037204120 fall within Boyle Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037204120 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.4% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037204120 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037204120 scores 9.3/10, 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 06037204120 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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