Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037241300 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,376 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 06037241300 sits in the Athens area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. 73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 15% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units713

Renter share53.3%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate23.8%

Median income$55,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9261, -118.2862 · 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

23.8% poverty · this tract

5.9

Supply constraint

$1,297 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: 96

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

98%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
83%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
14%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.

31.6%Housing insecurity
15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
39.3%Food insecurity
39.6%SNAP enrollment
18.9%Transit barriers
18.9%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
42.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 39.6% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. At $1,297 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.9% against 11.3% nationally. 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.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037241300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037241300?

Census tract 06037241300 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 06037241300?

Median gross rent is $1,297/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037241300?

23.8% of residents in tract 06037241300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,376.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037241300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 79th, minority 97th, housing 83th.

Is tract 06037241300 considered part of Athens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037241300 fall within Athens (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037241300 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.6% 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 06037241300 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037241300 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 06037241300 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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