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Census Tract · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally

Compton Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037542602 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,430

Tract 06037542602 sits in Compton, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.7/10. Population here is 5,430. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 23% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,375
Renter share56.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$62,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 23 tracts In Compton
Elevated
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#1,263 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,258 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
National
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#4,888 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.8996, -118.2263 · click any tract to drill in

Why Compton scores 8.7

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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,383 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: 8.78.7This tracttract 542602Compton: 7.87.8Comptonparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

Housing insecurity runs 29.7% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Cost burden runs 59% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. At $1,383 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Compton commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally.

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. Nationally it ranks #4,888 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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 06037542602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037542602?

Census tract 06037542602 in Compton scores 8.7/10 (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 06037542602?

Median gross rent is $1,383/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037542602?

14.8% of residents in tract 06037542602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,430.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037542602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 77th, minority 98th, housing 88th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037542602 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.7% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037542602 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037542602 scores 8.7/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 06037542602 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. 14% 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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