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

East Los Angeles Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037530202 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,176 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 06037530202 sits in the East Los Angeles eviction risk area of Montebello, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 4,176. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score

6.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 9% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,295

Renter share28.7%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate8.6%

Median income$114,550

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0298, -118.1345 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Los Angeles scores 6.7

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

8.6% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,788 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Los Angeles

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Los Angeles

9.4

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: 74

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

68%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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
27%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 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.

17.4%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
19.5%Food insecurity
13.9%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
14.7%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
31.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Los Angeles

67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.

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. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,788, close to the Montebello average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $114,550.

29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06037530202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037530202?

Census tract 06037530202 in the East Los Angeles 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037530202?

Median gross rent is $1,788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037530202?

8.6% of residents in tract 06037530202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,176.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037530202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 43th, minority 96th, housing 75th.

Is tract 06037530202 considered part of East Los Angeles?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037530202 fall within East Los Angeles (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037530202 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037530202 compare to East Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037530202 scores 6.7/10, 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 06037530202 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 East Los Angeles

Top eight tracts in East Los Angeles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.