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Orange Heights Eviction Risk: High , Pasadena

Tract 06037462201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,957 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 06037462201 in the Orange Heights area of Pasadena, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. 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

9.5

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 37% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units1,908

Renter share94.7%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate31.9%

Median income$48,667

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pasadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1549, -118.1370 · click any tract to drill in

Why Orange Heights scores 9.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pasadena

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

31.9% poverty · this tract

8.0

Supply constraint

$1,784 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pasadena

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pasadena

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pasadena

6.4

How Orange Heights 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.

80%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
96%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
100%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 Orange Heights. 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.

18.3%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
24.6%Food insecurity
24.9%SNAP enrollment
12.4%Transit barriers
13.3%No health insurance
16.6%Frequent mental distress
38.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Orange Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. 95% 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 $48,667 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8/10. At $1,784 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Pasadena commands.

It sits 1.1 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. SNAP participation runs 24.9% against 15.2% nationally. 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037462201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037462201?

Census tract 06037462201 in the Orange Heights neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (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 06037462201?

Median gross rent is $1,784/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037462201?

31.9% of residents in tract 06037462201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,957.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037462201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 89th, minority 78th, housing 96th.

Is tract 06037462201 considered part of Orange Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037462201 fall within Orange Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037462201 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037462201 compare to Pasadena overall?

Tract 06037462201 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Pasadena at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pasadena eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037462201 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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