Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Sawtelle Japantown Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037267404 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,325 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037267404 in the Sawtelle Japantown area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,325 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 29% Owners 16%

Tract context

Occupied units1,777

Renter share84.6%

SVI overall0.23

Poverty rate22.1%

Median income$78,606

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0456, -118.4605 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sawtelle Japantown 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

22.1% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$2,445 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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 Sawtelle Japantown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

42%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
34%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
4%Grade C
58%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 Sawtelle Japantown. 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.

10.4%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.3%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
23.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sawtelle Japantown

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

85% 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. Set annual rent against average income of $78,606 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $2,445 a month, rents run 26% over 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 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037267404

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037267404?

Census tract 06037267404 in the Sawtelle Japantown 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 06037267404?

Median gross rent is $2,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037267404?

22.1% of residents in tract 06037267404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,325.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037267404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 3th, minority 63th, housing 34th.

Is tract 06037267404 considered part of Sawtelle Japantown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037267404 fall within Sawtelle Japantown (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037267404 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037267404 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037267404 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 06037267404 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 58% 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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