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Downtown Culver City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Los Angeles

Tract 06037702501 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,998 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Here is how census tract 06037702501, in the Downtown Culver City neighborhood of Los Angeles eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.2/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,998. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,722 monthly, set against $153,382 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 31% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units2,192

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$153,382

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 34.0146, -118.3964 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Culver City scores 5.1

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

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$2,722 rent vs county FMR

5.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

6.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

5.7

How Downtown Culver City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

23%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
14%Grade B
30%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 Downtown Culver City. 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.

7.6%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
7.5%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
21.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Culver City

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.4/10. 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 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037702501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037702501?

Census tract 06037702501 in the Downtown Culver City neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 06037702501?

Median gross rent is $2,722/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037702501?

5.4% of residents in tract 06037702501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,998.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037702501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 8th, minority 50th, housing 60th.

Is tract 06037702501 considered part of Downtown Culver City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037702501 fall within Downtown Culver City (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037702501 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037702501 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037702501 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.9/10. 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 06037702501 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. 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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