Neighborhood · Ranked #4,393 of 84,120 nationally

Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037297002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,376 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 8.9/10, tract 06037297002 in the Little Italy area of Los Angeles, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,376 residents. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

8.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 34% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units1,763

Renter share50.7%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate8.9%

Median income$107,260

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7326, -118.3050 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Italy scores 8.9

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

8.9% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$2,114 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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 Little Italy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

41%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
26%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
40%Grade B
59%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 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.

11.6%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
14.8%Frequent mental distress
27.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Italy

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $2,114, 9% above the Los Angeles average.

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. Nationally it ranks #4,393 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $107,260.

51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037297002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037297002?

Census tract 06037297002 in the Little Italy neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 06037297002?

Median gross rent is $2,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037297002?

8.9% of residents in tract 06037297002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,376.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037297002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 81th, minority 72th, housing 26th.

Is tract 06037297002 considered part of Little Italy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037297002 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037297002 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.6% 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 06037297002 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037297002 scores 8.9/10, 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 06037297002 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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