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Census Tract · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally

Compton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037542501 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,108

Census tract 06037542501 runs through Compton in Los Angeles County. With 4,108 residents, it scores 6.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,431 monthly, set against $83,305 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 26% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,273
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$83,305

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 23 tracts In Compton
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#785 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,333 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2,892 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.8907, -118.2355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Compton scores 7.6

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
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,431 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Compton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.67.6This tracttract 542501Compton: 8.48.4Comptonparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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 Compton

What moves this score most 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 Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 79th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% 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 06037542501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037542501?

Census tract 06037542501 in Compton scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037542501?

Median gross rent is $1,431/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037542501?

19.9% of residents in tract 06037542501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,108.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037542501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 85th, minority 100th, housing 54th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037542501 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.1% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037542501 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037542501 scores 7.6/10, lower than 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Compton

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

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