Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

The Alhambra Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037481901 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,652 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06037481901 covers part of the The Alhambra area of Alhambra, CA, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,652. 36% 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

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 14% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,982

Renter share29.2%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate6.5%

Median income$119,110

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Alhambra and the region

Centroid at 34.0710, -118.1550 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Alhambra scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Alhambra

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

6.5% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,969 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Alhambra

7.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Alhambra

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Alhambra

6.6

How The Alhambra compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

55%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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.

0%Grade A
85%Grade B
0%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 The Alhambra. 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.

12.3%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
15.1%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
27.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Alhambra

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.9 points. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. 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 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

50% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,969, close to the Alhambra average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $119,110.

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 06037481901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037481901?

Census tract 06037481901 in the The Alhambra neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037481901?

Median gross rent is $1,969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037481901?

6.5% of residents in tract 06037481901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,652.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037481901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 82th, minority 90th, housing 49th.

Is tract 06037481901 considered part of The Alhambra?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037481901 fall within The Alhambra (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037481901 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037481901 compare to Alhambra overall?

Tract 06037481901 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Alhambra at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alhambra; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037481901 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alhambra

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