Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037291110 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,530 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

06037291110 is a census tract in the Athens area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,530 residents. 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 37% Stable renters 47% Owners 16%

Tract context

Occupied units1,385

Renter share83.8%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate23.6%

Median income$46,536

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9201, -118.2868 · 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

23.6% poverty · this tract

5.9

Supply constraint

$1,257 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: 99

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

97%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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
0%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.

31.1%Housing insecurity
16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
37.7%Food insecurity
39.4%SNAP enrollment
18.8%Transit barriers
15.8%No health insurance
21.1%Frequent mental distress
40.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Food insecurity runs 37.7% against 17.8% nationally.

This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $1,257 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Housing insecurity runs 31.1% against 14.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $46,536 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037291110

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037291110?

Census tract 06037291110 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 06037291110?

Median gross rent is $1,257/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037291110?

23.6% of residents in tract 06037291110 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,530.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037291110?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 93th, minority 98th, housing 92th.

Is tract 06037291110 considered part of Athens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037291110 fall within Athens (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037291110 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037291110 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037291110 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 06037291110 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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