Neighborhood · Ranked #434 of 84,120 nationally

Vermont Knolls Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037238310 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,400 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 06037238310 belongs to Vermont Knolls in Los Angeles, California. It is home to 5,400 residents and scores 7.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #1,518 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,558 a month while the average household earns $57,163 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 94% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 60% Stable renters 34% Owners 6%

Tract context

Occupied units1,294

Renter share94.3%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate29.3%

Median income$57,163

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9660, -118.2861 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vermont Knolls scores 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

29.3% poverty · this tract

7.3

Supply constraint

$1,558 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 Vermont Knolls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

97%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
93%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
100%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 Vermont Knolls. 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.

36.1%Housing insecurity
17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
44.6%Food insecurity
42.8%SNAP enrollment
21.0%Transit barriers
24.6%No health insurance
22.2%Frequent mental distress
42.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vermont Knolls

What moves this score most 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 36.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.0% 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 06037238310

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037238310?

Census tract 06037238310 in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood scores 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 06037238310?

Median gross rent is $1,558/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037238310?

29.3% of residents in tract 06037238310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,400.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037238310?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 91th, minority 98th, housing 93th.

Is tract 06037238310 considered part of Vermont Knolls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037238310 fall within Vermont Knolls (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037238310 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.1% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037238310 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037238310 scores 9/10, 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 06037238310 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. 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.

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