Neighborhood · Ranked #550 of 84,120 nationally

East Los Angeles Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037530400 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,723 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In East Los Angeles in East Los Angeles, census tract 06037530400 scores 6.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $40,889 a year. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.9

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 37% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units1,186

Renter share67.0%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate30.3%

Median income$40,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0383, -118.1546 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Los Angeles scores 8.9

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

30.3% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 96

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

89%Socioeconomic
100%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
54%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
11%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.

29.4%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
41.3%Food insecurity
38.6%SNAP enrollment
18.6%Transit barriers
23.3%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
44.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Los Angeles

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 East Los Angeles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 11% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037530400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037530400?

Census tract 06037530400 in the East Los Angeles neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (High 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 poverty rate in tract 06037530400?

30.3% of residents in tract 06037530400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,723.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037530400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 54th.

Is tract 06037530400 considered part of East Los Angeles?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037530400 fall within East Los Angeles (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037530400 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.4% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037530400 compare to East Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037530400 scores 8.9/10, higher than the parent city of East Los Angeles at 8.4/10. 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 06037530400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 11% 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.