Bell Gardens Eviction Risk: High

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10. SNAP participation runs 47.4% against 15.2% nationally. around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Set annual rent against average income of $54,766 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 76% 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.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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.