Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037297201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,078 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

06037297201 is a census tract in the Little Italy area of Los Angeles, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,078. 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 39% Stable renters 29% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,373

Renter share67.4%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate14.6%

Median income$67,303

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7249, -118.2914 · 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

14.6% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,699 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 85

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

85%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
86%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
82%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.

20.4%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
24.1%Food insecurity
21.3%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Italy

The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. At $1,699 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Los Angeles commands.

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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 57% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $67,303.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037297201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037297201?

Census tract 06037297201 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 06037297201?

Median gross rent is $1,699/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037297201?

14.6% of residents in tract 06037297201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,078.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037297201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 48th, minority 84th, housing 86th.

Is tract 06037297201 considered part of Little Italy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037297201 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037297201 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037297201 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037297201 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 06037297201 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. 82% 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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