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

Oxford Square Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037212800 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,176 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

06037212800 is a census tract in the Oxford Square area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,176 residents. What pushes it up most is 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 19% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units1,342

Renter share50.8%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$83,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0519, -118.3306 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oxford Square 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

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,642 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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 Oxford Square 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.

78%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
85%Grade B
4%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 Oxford Square. 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.

17.0%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
21.1%Food insecurity
17.8%SNAP enrollment
10.2%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
30.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oxford Square

Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs 62% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. It sits 0.9 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

At $1,642 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $83,125. 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037212800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037212800?

Census tract 06037212800 in the Oxford Square 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 06037212800?

Median gross rent is $1,642/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037212800?

6.7% of residents in tract 06037212800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,176.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037212800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 23th, minority 86th, housing 57th.

Is tract 06037212800 considered part of Oxford Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037212800 fall within Oxford Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037212800 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037212800 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037212800 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 06037212800 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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