Neighborhood · Ranked #1,455 of 84,120 nationally

Alvarado Terrace Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037224200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,429 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

For landlords sizing up the Alvarado Terrace Historic District area of Los Angeles, census tract 06037224200 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,182 monthly, set against $54,032 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 90% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 39% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units752

Renter share90.0%

SVI overall0.95

Poverty rate20.9%

Median income$54,032

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0406, -118.2767 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alvarado Terrace Historic District scores 8.3

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

20.9% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$1,182 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 Alvarado Terrace Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

97%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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
73%Grade C
27%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 Alvarado Terrace Historic District. 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.

31.6%Housing insecurity
13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
40.4%Food insecurity
35.4%SNAP enrollment
18.6%Transit barriers
26.8%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
42.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alvarado Terrace Historic District

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 31.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037224200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037224200?

Census tract 06037224200 in the Alvarado Terrace Historic District neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 06037224200?

Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037224200?

20.9% of residents in tract 06037224200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,429.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037224200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 66th, minority 97th, housing 91th.

Is tract 06037224200 considered part of Alvarado Terrace Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037224200 fall within Alvarado Terrace Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037224200 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.6% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037224200 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037224200 scores 8.3/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.9/10. 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 06037224200 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. 27% 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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