Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
City Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Los Angeles
Tract 06037531000 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,136 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 06037531000 covers City Terrace in East Los Angeles, home to 5,136 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #31,544 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,332 a month while the average household earns $82,531 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,172
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$82,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region
Centroid at 34.0408, -118.1739 · click any tract to drill in
Why City Terrace scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,332 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 100%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 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.
- 26.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 23.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 23.2%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
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 below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037531000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037531000?
Census tract 06037531000 in the City Terrace 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037531000?
Median gross rent is $1,332/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037531000?
7.7% of residents in tract 06037531000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,136.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037531000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 50th, minority 98th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 06037531000 considered part of City Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037531000 fall within City Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037531000 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.0% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037531000 compare to East Los Angeles overall?
Tract 06037531000 scores 6.7/10, 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 06037531000 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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