Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Westmont Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037238000 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,592 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 06037238000 sits in the Westmont area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 5,592 residents. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 9% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units2,219

Renter share40.8%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$60,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westmont and the region

Centroid at 33.9473, -118.3097 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westmont scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westmont

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,595 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westmont

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westmont

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westmont

9.0

How Westmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

74%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
59%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%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 Westmont. 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.

23.6%Housing insecurity
12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
27.2%Food insecurity
28.2%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
35.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westmont

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

SNAP participation runs 28.2% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,595 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

Housing insecurity runs 23.6% against 14.2% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 8.7/10, 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. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $60,625. 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037238000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037238000?

Census tract 06037238000 in the Westmont 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 06037238000?

Median gross rent is $1,595/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037238000?

13.6% of residents in tract 06037238000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,592.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037238000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 89th, minority 96th, housing 71th.

Is tract 06037238000 considered part of Westmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037238000 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037238000 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037238000 compare to Westmont overall?

Tract 06037238000 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Westmont at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037238000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westmont

Top eight tracts in Westmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.