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Census Tract · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

South Gate Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037535702 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,478

06037535702 is a census tract in South Gate, CA. It scores 8.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,478. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 38% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,428
Renter share72.5%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$70,506

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 21 tracts In South Gate
Elevated
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#1,337 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#2,547 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#5,413 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across South Gate and the region

Centroid at 33.9543, -118.2050 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Gate scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from South Gate
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,412 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Gate
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Gate
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Gate
7.0

How South Gate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Gate risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.58.5This tracttract 535702South Gate: 7.97.9South Gateparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

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 South Gate

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Housing insecurity runs 27.5% against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation runs 26.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,412, close to the South Gate average.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037535702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535702?

Census tract 06037535702 in South Gate scores 8.5/10 (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 06037535702?

Median gross rent is $1,412/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535702?

14.6% of residents in tract 06037535702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,478.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 48th, minority 98th, housing 65th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037535702 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.5% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037535702 compare to South Gate overall?

Tract 06037535702 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of South Gate at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Gate; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 06037535702 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 South Gate

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

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