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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,005 of 84,120 nationally

Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell

Tract 06037533401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,923 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Walker in Bell anchors census tract 06037533401, which lands at 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #15,612 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,567 a month while the average household earns $60,737 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 44% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share78.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$60,737

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 22 tracts In Walker
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Bell
Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#569 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#884 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bell and the region

Centroid at 33.9937, -118.1936 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walker scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bell
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,567 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell
7.7

How Walker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walker risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.08.0This tracttract 533401Bell: 8.48.4Bellparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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 Walker. 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 Walker

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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, 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 in line with 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 29.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.0% 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 06037533401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533401?

Census tract 06037533401 in the Walker neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 06037533401?

Median gross rent is $1,567/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533401?

16.7% of residents in tract 06037533401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,923.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 76th, minority 98th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 06037533401 considered part of Walker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533401 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037533401 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.6% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037533401 compare to Bell overall?

Tract 06037533401 scores 8/10, lower than the parent city of Bell at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037533401 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bell

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

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