Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Adams Square Eviction Risk: High , Glendale

Tract 06037302401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,303 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

06037302401 is a census tract in the Adams Square area of Glendale, CA. It scores 9.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,303. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 42% Owners 7%

Tract context

Occupied units2,810

Renter share93.0%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate11.3%

Median income$72,005

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Glendale and the region

Centroid at 34.1316, -118.2597 · click any tract to drill in

Why Adams Square scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Glendale

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.3% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,957 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Glendale

9.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Glendale

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Glendale

7.7

How Adams Square 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.

97%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
20%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 Adams Square. 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.

16.9%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
21.9%Food insecurity
21.0%SNAP enrollment
10.7%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Adams Square

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $72,005, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Average gross rent is $1,957, 10% below the Glendale average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037302401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037302401?

Census tract 06037302401 in the Adams Square neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 06037302401?

Median gross rent is $1,957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037302401?

11.3% of residents in tract 06037302401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,303.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037302401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 15th, minority 71th, housing 89th.

Is tract 06037302401 considered part of Adams Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037302401 fall within Adams Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037302401 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037302401 compare to Glendale overall?

Tract 06037302401 scores 9.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Glendale at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glendale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037302401 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Glendale

Top eight tracts in Glendale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.