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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Bungalow Heaven Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pasadena

Tract 06037462600 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,349 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06037462600 is a census tract in the Bungalow Heaven area of Pasadena, CA. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,349 residents. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 22% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units944
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$138,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Bungalow Heaven
Low
Within parent city
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 35 tracts In Pasadena
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#2,010 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#5,752 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pasadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1610, -118.1135 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bungalow Heaven scores 6.7

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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,628 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Bungalow Heaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bungalow Heaven risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 462600Pasadena: 8.18.1Pasadenaparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 Bungalow Heaven. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bungalow Heaven

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.7 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

At $2,628 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Pasadena commands. SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.

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 06037462600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037462600?

Census tract 06037462600 in the Bungalow Heaven neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037462600?

Median gross rent is $2,628/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037462600?

9.0% of residents in tract 06037462600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,349.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037462600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 49th, minority 61th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 06037462600 considered part of Bungalow Heaven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037462600 fall within Bungalow Heaven (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037462600 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037462600 compare to Pasadena overall?

Tract 06037462600 scores 6.7/10, lower 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037462600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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