Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood Village Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037265203 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,988 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06037265203 covers part of the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 8.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

8.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 25% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units1,037

Renter share65.7%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate14.4%

Median income$146,146

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0621, -118.4383 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood Village scores 8.9

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

14.4% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$3,501 rent vs county FMR

8.3

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 Westwood Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

37%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

52%Grade A
0%Grade B
48%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 Westwood Village. 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.

8.1%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
9.9%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood Village

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,501, 81% above the Los Angeles average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. The voucher gap is 33.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Cost burden runs 62% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% 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 A ("Best"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037265203

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037265203?

Census tract 06037265203 in the Westwood Village neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 06037265203?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037265203?

14.4% of residents in tract 06037265203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,988.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037265203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 7th, minority 56th, housing 43th.

Is tract 06037265203 considered part of Westwood Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037265203 fall within Westwood Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037265203 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037265203 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037265203 scores 8.9/10, lower than 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 06037265203 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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