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Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037296600 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,284 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037296600 in the Little Italy area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,284. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 31% Owners 19%

Tract context

Occupied units2,140

Renter share80.9%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate25.6%

Median income$47,852

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7398, -118.2924 · 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

25.6% poverty · this tract

6.4

Supply constraint

$1,494 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: 94

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

96%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
85%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.

26.5%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
32.6%Food insecurity
31.1%SNAP enrollment
15.7%Transit barriers
17.9%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
38.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Italy

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

81% 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 $47,852 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 32.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.

At $1,494 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands. Housing insecurity runs 26.5% against 14.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 06037296600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037296600?

Census tract 06037296600 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 06037296600?

Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037296600?

25.6% of residents in tract 06037296600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,284.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037296600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 69th, minority 87th, housing 89th.

Is tract 06037296600 considered part of Little Italy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037296600 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037296600 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037296600 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037296600 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 06037296600 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. 85% 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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