Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

The Alhambra Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037481902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,255 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 06037481902 sits in the The Alhambra area of Alhambra, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. It is home to 3,255 residents. 31% 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

7.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 21% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,110

Renter share44.5%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate10.5%

Median income$83,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Alhambra and the region

Centroid at 34.0661, -118.1501 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Alhambra scores 7.7

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

10.5% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$2,032 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 67

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

78%Socioeconomic
24%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

76%Grade A
2%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.

15.8%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
16.2%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
29.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Alhambra

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 54% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $2,032, close to the Alhambra average.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $83,963. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037481902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037481902?

Census tract 06037481902 in the The Alhambra neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037481902?

Median gross rent is $2,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037481902?

10.5% of residents in tract 06037481902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,255.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037481902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 24th, minority 91th, housing 52th.

Is tract 06037481902 considered part of The Alhambra?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037481902 fall within The Alhambra (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037481902 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037481902 compare to Alhambra overall?

Tract 06037481902 scores 7.7/10, right in line with 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 06037481902 historically redlined?

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