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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,922 of 84,120 nationally

Sentous Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037218400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,079 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

06037218400 is a census tract in the Sentous area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,079 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
9.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 29% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,345
Renter share65.8%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$98,281

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Sentous
Low
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#706 of 1,117 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#895 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#1,290 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0369, -118.3592 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sentous scores 9.4

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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,095 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Sentous compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sentous risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.49.4This tracttract 218400Los Angeles: 9.89.8Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

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.

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 Sentous. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sentous

The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Housing insecurity runs 21.6% against 14.2% nationally. At $2,095 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

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. Nationally it ranks #2,922 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 56% of renters. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $98,281.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037218400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037218400?

Census tract 06037218400 in the Sentous neighborhood scores 9.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037218400?

Median gross rent is $2,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037218400?

11.9% of residents in tract 06037218400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,079.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037218400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 54th, minority 89th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 06037218400 considered part of Sentous?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037218400 fall within Sentous (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037218400 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037218400 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037218400 scores 9.4/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037218400 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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