Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

East Los Angeles Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037482002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,210 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 06037482002 sits in the East Los Angeles eviction risk area of Monterey Park, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 7,210. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 18% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units2,655

Renter share40.3%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate9.5%

Median income$105,272

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0488, -118.1483 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Los Angeles scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Los Angeles

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

9.5% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$2,129 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Los Angeles

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Los Angeles

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Los Angeles

7.3

How East Los Angeles compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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

35%Socioeconomic
51%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
68%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.

17%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
2%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 East Los Angeles. 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.

11.3%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
12.4%Frequent mental distress
25.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Los Angeles

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. At $2,129 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Monterey Park commands.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

57% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $105,272.

40% 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 06037482002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037482002?

Census tract 06037482002 in the East Los Angeles neighborhood scores 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 06037482002?

Median gross rent is $2,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037482002?

9.5% of residents in tract 06037482002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,210.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037482002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 51th, minority 91th, housing 68th.

Is tract 06037482002 considered part of East Los Angeles?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037482002 fall within East Los Angeles (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037482002 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037482002 compare to East Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037482002 scores 7/10, lower than the parent city of East Los Angeles at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037482002 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. 2% 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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