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Census Tract · Ranked #947 of 84,120 nationally

Bell Gardens Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037534001 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,142

For landlords sizing up Bell Gardens in Los Angeles County, census tract 06037534001 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,450 a month while the average household earns $64,886 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 49% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,336
Renter share81.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$64,886

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Bell Gardens
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#302 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#339 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
National
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#947 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bell Gardens and the region

Centroid at 33.9679, -118.1469 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bell Gardens scores 8.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bell Gardens
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell Gardens
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell Gardens
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell Gardens
8.4

How Bell Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bell Gardens risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.68.6This tracttract 534001Bell Gardens: 8.38.3Bell Gardensparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Bell Gardens

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Bell Gardens, 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 34.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.7% 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 06037534001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534001?

Census tract 06037534001 in Bell Gardens scores 8.6/10 (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 06037534001?

Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534001?

25.2% of residents in tract 06037534001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,142.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 79th, minority 99th, housing 39th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037534001 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.7% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037534001 compare to Bell Gardens overall?

Tract 06037534001 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Bell Gardens at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bell Gardens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bell Gardens

Top eight tracts in Bell Gardens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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