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

Westdale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Los Angeles

Tract 06037702300 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,820 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

06037702300 is a census tract in the Westdale area of Santa Monica, CA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,820 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

7.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 29% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units2,936

Renter share48.0%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate6.5%

Median income$130,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0183, -118.4560 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westdale 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

6.5% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$2,227 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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 Westdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

25%Socioeconomic
30%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
67%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
37%Grade B
30%Grade C
1%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 Westdale. 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.

7.8%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
6.9%SNAP enrollment
5.0%Transit barriers
4.2%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
23.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westdale

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 0.7 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,227, close to the Santa Monica average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037702300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037702300?

Census tract 06037702300 in the Westdale 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 06037702300?

Median gross rent is $2,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037702300?

6.5% of residents in tract 06037702300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,820.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037702300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 30th, minority 55th, housing 67th.

Is tract 06037702300 considered part of Westdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037702300 fall within Westdale (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037702300 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037702300 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037702300 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 06037702300 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. 1% 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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