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Neighborhood · Ranked #1,107 of 84,120 nationally

Westmont Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037240402 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,276 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Westmont area of Westmont is where census tract 06037240402 sits, home to 4,276 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.3/10. It lands near the 98th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,305 monthly, set against $72,813 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 23% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,122
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$72,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 15 tracts In Westmont
Elevated
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#238 of 1,117 tracts In Westmont
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#333 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#420 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westmont and the region

Centroid at 33.9447, -118.2855 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westmont scores 8.5

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
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Westmont risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.58.5This tracttract 240402Westmont: 8.58.5Westmontparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westmont

The heaviest input here 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 Westmont, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 06037240402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037240402?

Census tract 06037240402 in the Westmont neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037240402?

Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037240402?

27.0% of residents in tract 06037240402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,276.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037240402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 81th, minority 97th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 06037240402 considered part of Westmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037240402 fall within Westmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037240402 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.5% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037240402 compare to Westmont overall?

Tract 06037240402 scores 8.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Westmont at 8.5/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037240402 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westmont

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

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