Within neighborhood
70
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally
Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Compton
Tract 06037541401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,523 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 06037541401 belongs to Willowbrook in Compton, California. It is home to 3,523 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
73% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,611 a month against an average household income of $66,993 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units975
Renter share70.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$66,993
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Compton and the region
Centroid at 33.9155, -118.2348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willowbrook scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
$1,611 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Compton
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Compton
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Compton
7.9
How Willowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 60%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
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.
- 30.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.9%Food insecurity
- 32.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.3%Transit barriers
- 20.9%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 30.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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.
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 06037541401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541401?
Census tract 06037541401 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 06037541401?
Median gross rent is $1,611/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037541401?
14.8% of residents in tract 06037541401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037541401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 77th, minority 97th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 06037541401 considered part of Willowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037541401 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037541401 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.1% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037541401 compare to Compton overall?
Tract 06037541401 scores 7.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 06037541401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 60% 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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