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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

Ocean Park Eviction Risk: High , Santa Monica

Tract 06037702201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,920 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 8.2/10, tract 06037702201 in the Ocean Park area of Santa Monica, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,920 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 33% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,088
Renter share69.0%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$111,865

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Ocean Park
Very Low
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 19 tracts In Santa Monica
Moderate
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,598 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#3,318 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Monica and the region

Centroid at 34.0134, -118.4730 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ocean Park scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Santa Monica
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,344 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Monica
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Monica
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Monica
5.7

How Ocean Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ocean Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.28.2This tracttract 702201Santa Monica: 9.19.1Santa Monicaparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Ocean 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ocean Park

Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037702201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037702201?

Census tract 06037702201 in the Ocean Park neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 06037702201?

Median gross rent is $2,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037702201?

10.3% of residents in tract 06037702201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,920.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037702201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 5th, minority 62th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 06037702201 considered part of Ocean Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037702201 fall within Ocean Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037702201 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037702201 compare to Santa Monica overall?

Tract 06037702201 scores 8.2/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Monica at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Monica; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037702201 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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 Santa Monica

Top eight tracts in Santa Monica ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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