Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Florence Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037239320 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,078 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

06037239320 is a census tract in the Florence area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,078. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 31% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units811

Renter share65.7%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate21.4%

Median income$53,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9786, -118.2717 · click any tract to drill in

Why Florence 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

21.4% poverty · this tract

5.4

Supply constraint

$1,562 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 Florence compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

97%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
72%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 Florence. 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.

37.4%Housing insecurity
18.0%Utility-shutoff threat
47.5%Food insecurity
45.6%SNAP enrollment
22.7%Transit barriers
28.2%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
44.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Florence

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 45.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 47.5% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $53,542 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

At $1,562 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037239320

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037239320?

Census tract 06037239320 in the Florence 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 06037239320?

Median gross rent is $1,562/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037239320?

21.4% of residents in tract 06037239320 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,078.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037239320?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 80th, minority 100th, housing 72th.

Is tract 06037239320 considered part of Florence?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037239320 fall within Florence (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037239320 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.4% 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. 18.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037239320 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037239320 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 06037239320 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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