Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Compton

Tract 06037541200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,156 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 7.2/10, tract 06037541200 in the Willowbrook area of Compton, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,156 residents. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 13% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units1,840

Renter share23.9%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate6.9%

Median income$86,184

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.9076, -118.2544 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowbrook scores 7.2

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

6.9% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$2,027 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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 Willowbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

61%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
72%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Willowbrook. 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.

22.6%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
24.9%Food insecurity
23.7%SNAP enrollment
12.4%Transit barriers
11.0%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Cost burden runs 45% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $2,027, 22% above the Compton average.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. SNAP participation runs 23.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $86,184.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037541200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541200?

Census tract 06037541200 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037541200?

Median gross rent is $2,027/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037541200?

6.9% of residents in tract 06037541200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,156.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037541200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 98th, minority 96th, housing 72th.

Is tract 06037541200 considered part of Willowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037541200 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037541200 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.6% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037541200 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037541200 scores 7.2/10, lower 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Compton

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