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Census Tract · Ranked #1,107 of 84,120 nationally

Compton Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037542502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,094

In Compton, census tract 06037542502 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 89% of US census tracts.

About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,348 monthly, set against $61,981 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 34% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,310
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate26.8%
Median income$61,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 23 tracts In Compton
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#345 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#420 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
National
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#1,107 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.8941, -118.2253 · click any tract to drill in

Why Compton scores 8.5

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
26.8% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,348 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: 8.58.5This tracttract 542502Compton: 8.48.4Comptonparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

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.

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.

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 predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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 35.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.5% 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 06037542502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037542502?

Census tract 06037542502 in Compton scores 8.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037542502?

Median gross rent is $1,348/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037542502?

26.8% of residents in tract 06037542502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,094.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037542502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 74th, minority 98th, housing 92th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037542502 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.3% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037542502 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037542502 scores 8.5/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 06037542502 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.

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