Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

Lafayette Park Square Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037219010 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,023 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 06037219010 in the Lafayette Park Square area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,023 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 19% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,013

Renter share48.9%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate11.2%

Median income$91,518

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0276, -118.3229 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lafayette Park Square scores 9.5

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

11.2% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,432 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Lafayette Park Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

88%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
98%Grade C
2%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 Lafayette Park 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.

23.3%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
27.1%Food insecurity
24.0%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
15.7%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
34.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lafayette Park Square

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,432, 26% below the Los Angeles average. Cost burden runs 62% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

It sits 1.1 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 23.3% against 14.2% nationally.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037219010

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037219010?

Census tract 06037219010 in the Lafayette Park Square neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (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 06037219010?

Median gross rent is $1,432/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037219010?

11.2% of residents in tract 06037219010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,023.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037219010?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 59th, minority 89th, housing 63th.

Is tract 06037219010 considered part of Lafayette Park Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037219010 fall within Lafayette Park Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037219010 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037219010 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037219010 scores 9.5/10, 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 06037219010 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. 2% 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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