Within neighborhood
36
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally
City Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Los Angeles
Tract 06037531503 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,652 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
City Terrace in East Los Angeles anchors census tract 06037531503, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,399 a month against an average household income of $71,938 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units797
Renter share70.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$71,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Los Angeles and the region
Centroid at 34.0294, -118.1747 · click any tract to drill in
Why City Terrace scores 7.3
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,399 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: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 49%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.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.2%Food insecurity
- 28.8%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 27.0%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in City Terrace
The score leans hardest on 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 74th 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 49% 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 06037531503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037531503?
Census tract 06037531503 in the City Terrace neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 06037531503?
Median gross rent is $1,399/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037531503?
13.3% of residents in tract 06037531503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,652.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037531503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 63th, minority 96th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 06037531503 considered part of City Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037531503 fall within City Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037531503 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037531503 compare to East Los Angeles overall?
Tract 06037531503 scores 7.3/10, 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 06037531503 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. 49% 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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