Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Park La Brea Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037214503 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,302 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06037214503 covers part of the Park La Brea area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,302 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 61% Stable renters 39% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units1,565

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate18.9%

Median income$92,431

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0668, -118.3541 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park La Brea 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

18.9% poverty · this tract

4.7

Supply constraint

$2,902 rent vs county FMR

6.1

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 Park La Brea compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

62%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
59%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
2%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 Park La Brea. 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.

10.2%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
10.3%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Park La Brea

At $2,902 a month, rents run 50% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Set annual rent against average income of $92,431 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 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 06037214503

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037214503?

Census tract 06037214503 in the Park La Brea 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 06037214503?

Median gross rent is $2,902/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037214503?

18.9% of residents in tract 06037214503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,302.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037214503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 48th, minority 68th, housing 59th.

Is tract 06037214503 considered part of Park La Brea?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037214503 fall within Park La Brea (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037214503 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037214503 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037214503 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 06037214503 historically redlined?

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