Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037296210 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,616 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 06037296210 sits in the Little Italy area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. 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 47% Stable renters 30% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units1,106

Renter share77.3%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate18.4%

Median income$62,600

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7476, -118.2840 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Italy 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

18.4% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$1,219 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 Little Italy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

95%Socioeconomic
73%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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
56%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 Little Italy. 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.

29.3%Housing insecurity
13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
35.9%Food insecurity
32.9%SNAP enrollment
16.8%Transit barriers
21.1%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
39.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Italy

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,219, 37% below the Los Angeles average. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Food insecurity runs 35.9% against 17.8% nationally.

This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation runs 32.9% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

Cost burden runs 61% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. The poverty rate is 18%. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037296210

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037296210?

Census tract 06037296210 in the Little Italy 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 06037296210?

Median gross rent is $1,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037296210?

18.4% of residents in tract 06037296210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,616.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037296210?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 73th, minority 94th, housing 81th.

Is tract 06037296210 considered part of Little Italy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037296210 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037296210 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.3% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037296210 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037296210 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 06037296210 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. 56% 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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