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Wilton Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Los Angeles

Tract 06037211500 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,064 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06037211500 runs through the Wilton Historic District neighborhood of Los Angeles. With 4,064 residents, it scores 6.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,774 monthly, set against $89,688 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 27% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,867

Renter share64.9%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate4.6%

Median income$89,688

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0725, -118.3153 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilton Historic District scores 6.5

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

4.6% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$1,774 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Wilton Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

71%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
79%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
61%Grade B
39%Grade C
0%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 Wilton Historic District. 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.

10.9%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
10.8%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
25.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilton Historic District

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 Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 White and Asian and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037211500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037211500?

Census tract 06037211500 in the Wilton Historic District neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 06037211500?

Median gross rent is $1,774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037211500?

4.6% of residents in tract 06037211500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,064.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037211500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 17th, minority 74th, housing 79th.

Is tract 06037211500 considered part of Wilton Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037211500 fall within Wilton Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037211500 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037211500 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037211500 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.9/10. 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 06037211500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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