Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Torrance Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06037650604 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,712

Census tract 06037650604 covers Torrance in Los Angeles County, home to 5,712 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 76th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,857 a month while the average household earns $69,448 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 92% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 51% Owners 8%

Tract context

Occupied units2,677

Renter share92.2%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate15.0%

Median income$69,448

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Torrance and the region

Centroid at 33.8404, -118.3491 · click any tract to drill in

Why Torrance scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Torrance

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

15.0% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,857 rent vs county FMR

2.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Torrance

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Torrance

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Torrance

5.3

How Torrance compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

61%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Torrance

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Torrance eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 06037650604

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037650604?

Census tract 06037650604 in Torrance scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 06037650604?

Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037650604?

15.0% of residents in tract 06037650604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,712.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037650604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 11th, minority 81th, housing 84th.

What share of households in tract 06037650604 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037650604 compare to Torrance overall?

Tract 06037650604 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Torrance at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Torrance eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Torrance

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