Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Florence Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037239601 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,675 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06037239601 covers part of the Florence area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,675. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 36% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units914

Renter share71.0%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate20.6%

Median income$60,139

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9728, -118.2753 · 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

20.6% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$1,355 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: 98

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

94%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
96%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
18.1%Utility-shutoff threat
47.4%Food insecurity
45.7%SNAP enrollment
22.6%Transit barriers
26.7%No health insurance
22.6%Frequent mental distress
44.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Florence

Food insecurity runs 47.4% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. At $1,355 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037239601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037239601?

Census tract 06037239601 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 06037239601?

Median gross rent is $1,355/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037239601?

20.6% of residents in tract 06037239601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,675.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037239601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 91th, minority 99th, housing 96th.

Is tract 06037239601 considered part of Florence?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037239601 fall within Florence (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037239601 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037239601 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037239601 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 06037239601 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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