Census Tract · Ranked #3,529 of 84,120 nationally

Compton Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037541604 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,252

Tract 06037541604 sits in Compton, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.2/10. Population here is 5,252. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 21% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,355

Renter share68.0%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate21.8%

Median income$53,218

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.9078, -118.2119 · click any tract to drill in

Why Compton scores 9.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Compton

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

21.8% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$1,614 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Compton

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Compton

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Compton

7.9

How Compton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

96%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
96%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
18%Grade B
82%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.

36.0%Housing insecurity
17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
45.1%Food insecurity
43.0%SNAP enrollment
21.3%Transit barriers
26.4%No health insurance
21.6%Frequent mental distress
43.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Compton

Food insecurity runs 45.1% against 17.8% nationally. 69% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Housing insecurity runs 36.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $53,218 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 0.8 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. 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 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037541604

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541604?

Census tract 06037541604 in Compton scores 9.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037541604?

Median gross rent is $1,614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037541604?

21.8% of residents in tract 06037541604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,252.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037541604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 94th, minority 99th, housing 96th.

What share of households in tract 06037541604 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.0% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037541604 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037541604 scores 9.2/10, higher than the parent city of Compton at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Compton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037541604 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 Compton

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