Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Watts Eviction Risk: Elevated , Los Angeles

Tract 06037535606 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,874 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

06037535606 is a census tract in the Watts area of South Gate, CA. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 23% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units483

Renter share59.2%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$64,567

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.9477, -118.2253 · click any tract to drill in

Why Watts scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Los Angeles

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,411 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

7.0

How Watts compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

92%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
55%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
45%Grade B
3%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

Within Watts. 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.

27.5%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
31.9%Food insecurity
24.5%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
23.6%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
36.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Watts

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 31.9% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.

Cost burden runs 61% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. SNAP participation runs 24.5% against 15.2% nationally.

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. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 $1,411, 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 06037535606

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535606?

Census tract 06037535606 in the Watts neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 06037535606?

Median gross rent is $1,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535606?

7.0% of residents in tract 06037535606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,874.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 55th.

Is tract 06037535606 considered part of Watts?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535606 fall within Watts (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037535606 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037535606 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037535606 scores 7.9/10, lower than the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037535606 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.

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