Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037241202 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,291 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 06037241202 sits in the Athens area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 5,291 residents. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 14% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,668

Renter share57.0%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate27.0%

Median income$49,036

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9334, -118.2858 · click any tract to drill in

Why Athens 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

27.0% poverty · this tract

6.7

Supply constraint

$1,492 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 Athens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

84%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
76%Grade B
23%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 Athens. 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.

31.3%Housing insecurity
15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
38.9%Food insecurity
39.3%SNAP enrollment
18.6%Transit barriers
18.5%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
41.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

76% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. 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 $49,036 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. At $1,492 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.5% against 11.3% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037241202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037241202?

Census tract 06037241202 in the Athens 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 06037241202?

Median gross rent is $1,492/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037241202?

27.0% of residents in tract 06037241202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,291.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037241202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 95th, minority 98th, housing 80th.

Is tract 06037241202 considered part of Athens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037241202 fall within Athens (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037241202 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.3% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037241202 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037241202 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 06037241202 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.

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