Census Tract · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Monterey Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037482201 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,922

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06037482201 (Monterey Park, California) comes in at 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #11,862 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,763 a month against an average household income of $59,922 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 29% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,345

Renter share55.4%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate19.0%

Median income$59,922

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Monterey Park and the region

Centroid at 34.0590, -118.1220 · click any tract to drill in

Why Monterey Park scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Monterey Park

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

19.0% poverty · this tract

4.7

Supply constraint

$1,763 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Monterey Park

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Monterey Park

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Monterey Park

7.3

How Monterey Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

87%Socioeconomic
20%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
88%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
8%Grade B
92%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.

15.3%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
25.9%Food insecurity
21.3%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
9.6%No health insurance
14.2%Frequent mental distress
33.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Monterey Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Monterey Park, 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 safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Asian and ranks around the 83rd 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.

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 06037482201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037482201?

Census tract 06037482201 in Monterey Park scores 7.8/10 (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 06037482201?

Median gross rent is $1,763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037482201?

19.0% of residents in tract 06037482201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,922.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037482201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 20th, minority 95th, housing 88th.

What share of households in tract 06037482201 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037482201 compare to Monterey Park overall?

Tract 06037482201 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Monterey Park at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Monterey Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037482201 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 Monterey Park

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