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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally

City Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Los Angeles

Tract 06037530801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,773 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Eviction risk in City Terrace in East Los Angeles centers on tract 06037530801, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,773 residents. On the national scale it ranks #22,641 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,645 a month while the average household earns $87,478 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 34% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,305
Renter share57.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$87,478

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 15 tracts In City Terrace
Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 27 tracts In East Los Angeles
Very Low
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#1,065 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#1,980 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0509, -118.1884 · click any tract to drill in

Why City Terrace scores 7.1

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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,645 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Los Angeles
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Los Angeles
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Los Angeles
6.8

How City Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
City Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.17.1This tracttract 530801East Los Angeles: 8.48.4East Los Angelesparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

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.

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 City Terrace. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in City Terrace

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037530801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037530801?

Census tract 06037530801 in the City Terrace neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037530801?

Median gross rent is $1,645/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037530801?

14.4% of residents in tract 06037530801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,773.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037530801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 71th, minority 93th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 06037530801 considered part of City Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037530801 fall within City Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037530801 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037530801 compare to East Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037530801 scores 7.1/10, lower 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.
Q8

Was tract 06037530801 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. 100% 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.

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