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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Ocean Park Eviction Risk: High , Santa Monica

Tract 06037273403 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,306 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06037273403 is a census tract in the Ocean Park area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,306. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 39% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share79.2%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$111,364

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Ocean Park
High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 1,117 tracts In Santa Monica
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#575 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Monica and the region

Centroid at 33.9919, -118.4792 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ocean Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Santa Monica
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,992 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Monica
10.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Monica
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Monica
9.0

How Ocean Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ocean Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 273403Santa Monica: 9.19.1Santa Monicaparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Ocean Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ocean Park

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

roughly one in two of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,992, close to the Los Angeles average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $111,364.

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 06037273403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037273403?

Census tract 06037273403 in the Ocean Park 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037273403?

Median gross rent is $1,992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037273403?

21.5% of residents in tract 06037273403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,306.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037273403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 18th, minority 47th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 06037273403 considered part of Ocean Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037273403 fall within Ocean Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037273403 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037273403 compare to Santa Monica overall?

Tract 06037273403 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Monica at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Monica; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Monica

Top eight tracts in Santa Monica ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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