Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Harvard Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037221210 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,095 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037221210 in the Harvard Heights area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,095. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 42% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units869

Renter share77.3%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate14.0%

Median income$68,388

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0437, -118.3029 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harvard Heights 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

14.0% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,443 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 Harvard Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

93%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
64%Grade C
36%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 Harvard Heights. 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.

26.5%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
33.7%Food insecurity
30.9%SNAP enrollment
15.7%Transit barriers
19.4%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
37.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harvard Heights

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Food insecurity runs 33.7% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,443 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.4% against 11.3% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037221210

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037221210?

Census tract 06037221210 in the Harvard Heights 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 06037221210?

Median gross rent is $1,443/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037221210?

14.0% of residents in tract 06037221210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,095.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037221210?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 37th, minority 92th, housing 85th.

Is tract 06037221210 considered part of Harvard Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037221210 fall within Harvard Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037221210 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037221210 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037221210 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 06037221210 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. 36% 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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