Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Carson Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037980025 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 411

Tract 06037980025 sits in Carson, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. 47% 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

6.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 76% Stable renters 24% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units220

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate1.4%

Median income$79,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Carson and the region

Centroid at 33.8419, -118.2449 · click any tract to drill in

Why Carson scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Carson

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

1.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,667 rent vs county FMR

5.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Carson

7.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Carson

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Carson

6.0

How Carson compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

41%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
6%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
0%Grade B
0%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

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.

18.6%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
20.3%Food insecurity
19.2%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Carson

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 76% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $2,667, 36% above the Carson average. Set annual rent against average income of $79,250 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

It sits 2.1 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.2/10.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037980025

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037980025?

Census tract 06037980025 in Carson scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 06037980025?

Median gross rent is $2,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037980025?

1.4% of residents in tract 06037980025 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 411.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037980025?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 69th, minority 98th, housing 6th.

What share of households in tract 06037980025 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.6% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037980025 compare to Carson overall?

Tract 06037980025 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Carson at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037980025 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 Carson

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