Harvard Heights Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. At $1,312 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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