Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Madison Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Pasadena

Tract 06037480602 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,149 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 06037480602 covers Madison Heights in Pasadena in California. Home to 4,149 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,235 monthly, set against $120,188 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 69% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 44% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,755

Renter share69.2%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate2.0%

Median income$120,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pasadena and the region

Centroid at 34.1193, -118.1614 · click any tract to drill in

Why Madison Heights scores 3.9

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

2.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,235 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pasadena

4.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pasadena

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pasadena

3.8

How Madison Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

7%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

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.

4%Grade A
41%Grade B
29%Grade C
5%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 Madison 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.

7.5%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
5.7%SNAP enrollment
4.5%Transit barriers
4.1%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
20.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Madison Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pasadena eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 5% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037480602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037480602?

Census tract 06037480602 in the Madison Heights neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 06037480602?

Median gross rent is $2,235/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037480602?

2.0% of residents in tract 06037480602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,149.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037480602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 7th, minority 67th, housing 84th.

Is tract 06037480602 considered part of Madison Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037480602 fall within Madison Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037480602 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.5% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037480602 compare to Pasadena overall?

Tract 06037480602 scores 3.9/10, 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.

Was tract 06037480602 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. 5% 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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