Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally

Sawtelle Japantown Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037267503 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,159 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06037267503 covers part of the Sawtelle Japantown area of Los Angeles, CA, and scores 9.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,159 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.1

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 46% Owners 15%

Tract context

Occupied units1,196

Renter share85.8%

SVI overall0.19

Poverty rate17.1%

Median income$136,038

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0425, -118.4542 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sawtelle Japantown scores 9.1

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

17.1% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$2,387 rent vs county FMR

4.1

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: 19

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

38%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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
0%Grade C
99%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.

11.1%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sawtelle Japantown

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 46% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Average gross rent is $2,387, 23% above the Los Angeles average.

It sits 0.7 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $136,038.

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 06037267503

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037267503?

Census tract 06037267503 in the Sawtelle Japantown neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 06037267503?

Median gross rent is $2,387/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037267503?

17.1% of residents in tract 06037267503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,159.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037267503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 2th, minority 72th, housing 30th.

Is tract 06037267503 considered part of Sawtelle Japantown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037267503 fall within Sawtelle Japantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037267503 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037267503 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037267503 scores 9.1/10, 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 06037267503 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. 99% 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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