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Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell

Tract 06037533803 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,775 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 06037533803 sits in the Walker area of Bell, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. 49% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 28% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate32.0%
Median income$48,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 22 tracts In Walker
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Bell
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#648 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bell and the region

Centroid at 33.9748, -118.1840 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walker scores 9.9

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
32.0% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,648 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell
8.5

How Walker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walker risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 533803Bell: 9.09.0Bellparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

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.

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

Food insecurity runs 43.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 40.6% against 15.2% nationally. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $48,000 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.

The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Cost burden runs 60% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037533803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533803?

Census tract 06037533803 in the Walker neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06037533803?

Median gross rent is $1,648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533803?

32.0% of residents in tract 06037533803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,775.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 87th, minority 87th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 06037533803 considered part of Walker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533803 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037533803 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.0% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037533803 compare to Bell overall?

Tract 06037533803 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bell at 9/10. 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 06037533803 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. 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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