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Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Florence-Firestone Eviction Risk: High , Florence-Graham

Tract 06037535001 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,176 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

The Florence-Firestone neighborhood of Florence-Graham anchors census tract 06037535001, which lands at 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #6,455 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 70% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,574 monthly, set against $57,241 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 21% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units914
Renter share69.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$57,241

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Florence-Firestone
High
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Florence-Graham
Elevated
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#266 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#268 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Florence-Graham and the region

Centroid at 33.9714, -118.2531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Florence-Firestone scores 8.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Florence-Graham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Florence-Graham
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Florence-Graham
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Florence-Graham
8.3

How Florence-Firestone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Florence-Firestone risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 535001Florence-Graham: 8.88.8Florence-Grahamparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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 Florence-Firestone. 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 Florence-Firestone

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 Florence-Graham, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 37.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037535001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535001?

Census tract 06037535001 in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037535001?

Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535001?

27.6% of residents in tract 06037535001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,176.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 85th, minority 99th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 06037535001 considered part of Florence-Firestone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535001 fall within Florence-Firestone (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037535001 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.9% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037535001 compare to Florence-Graham overall?

Tract 06037535001 scores 8.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Florence-Graham at 8.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Florence-Graham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037535001 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 Florence-Graham

Top eight tracts in Florence-Graham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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