Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Boyle Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037204820 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,222 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 06037204820 sits in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 2,222. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 17% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units541

Renter share55.6%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate13.4%

Median income$64,336

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0238, -118.2058 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boyle Heights 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

13.4% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$1,737 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: 77

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

73%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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.

30.2%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
37.9%Food insecurity
33.2%SNAP enrollment
17.5%Transit barriers
25.6%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
41.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boyle Heights

69% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 37.9% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $64,336 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.6% against 11.3% nationally. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Average gross rent is $1,737, 10% below the Los Angeles average. 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.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037204820

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037204820?

Census tract 06037204820 in the Boyle Heights 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 06037204820?

Median gross rent is $1,737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037204820?

13.4% of residents in tract 06037204820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,222.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037204820?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 86th, minority 98th, housing 44th.

Is tract 06037204820 considered part of Boyle Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037204820 fall within Boyle Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037204820 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.2% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037204820 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037204820 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 06037204820 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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