Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Historic South-Central Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037228420 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,165 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06037228420 covers part of the Historic South-Central area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,165 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 35% Owners 21%

Tract context

Occupied units662

Renter share79.2%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate22.5%

Median income$78,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0083, -118.2719 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic South-Central 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

22.5% poverty · this tract

5.6

Supply constraint

$1,634 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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 Historic South-Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

96%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
100%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 Historic South-Central. 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.

35.3%Housing insecurity
15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
43.7%Food insecurity
39.8%SNAP enrollment
20.6%Transit barriers
27.2%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
41.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Historic South-Central

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $1,634, 15% below the Los Angeles average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037228420

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037228420?

Census tract 06037228420 in the Historic South-Central 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 06037228420?

Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037228420?

22.5% of residents in tract 06037228420 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,165.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037228420?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 74th, minority 100th, housing 50th.

Is tract 06037228420 considered part of Historic South-Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037228420 fall within Historic South-Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037228420 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.3% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037228420 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037228420 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 06037228420 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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