Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Brentwood Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Los Angeles

Tract 06037701601 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,963 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 06037701601 covers part of the Brentwood Park area of Santa Monica, CA, and scores 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,963 residents. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

7.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units1,757

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.29

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$206,012

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0389, -118.4800 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brentwood Park scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Los Angeles

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,633 rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

5.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

5.7

How Brentwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

18%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
64%Grade B
35%Grade C
0%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 Brentwood Park. 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.

6.0%Housing insecurity
3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
6.0%Food insecurity
5.3%SNAP enrollment
4.1%Transit barriers
2.8%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
22.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brentwood Park

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.3% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. At $2,633 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Santa Monica commands.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10. Against average income of $206,012, annual rent is just 15%.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037701601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037701601?

Census tract 06037701601 in the Brentwood Park neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037701601?

Median gross rent is $2,633/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037701601?

3.9% of residents in tract 06037701601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,963.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037701601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 43th, minority 44th, housing 42th.

Is tract 06037701601 considered part of Brentwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037701601 fall within Brentwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037701601 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037701601 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037701601 scores 7.7/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037701601 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.

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