Census Tract · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally

Compton Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037542200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,059 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Compton

Census tract 06037542200 covers Compton, home to 7,059 residents. For landlords it grades 6.7/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,694 a month against an average household income of $71,923 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 9% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,478

Renter share25.9%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate25.2%

Median income$71,923

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.8869, -118.1972 · click any tract to drill in

Why Compton scores 8.2

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

25.2% poverty · this tract

6.3

Supply constraint

$1,694 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 90

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

92%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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
26%Grade B
0%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.

32.8%Housing insecurity
15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
40.9%Food insecurity
38.8%SNAP enrollment
19.2%Transit barriers
23.3%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
42.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Compton

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.5/10. 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 Compton, 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 90th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 06037542200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037542200?

Census tract 06037542200 in Compton scores 8.2/10 (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 06037542200?

Median gross rent is $1,694/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037542200?

25.2% of residents in tract 06037542200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,059.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037542200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 77th, minority 99th, housing 70th.

What share of households in tract 06037542200 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.8% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037542200 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037542200 scores 8.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Compton at 8.4/10. 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 06037542200 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 Compton

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