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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Willowbrook Eviction Risk: High , Compton

Tract 06037541401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,523 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 06037541401 sits in the Willowbrook area of Willowbrook, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.3/10. Population here is 3,523. about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score
9.3
High
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Willowbrook
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Compton
Elevated
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#981 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,347 of 9,109 tracts In California
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 9.3

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
$1,611 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.
Willowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 541401Compton: 7.87.8Comptonparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.

SNAP participation runs 32.3% against 15.2% nationally. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.9% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037541401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541401?

Census tract 06037541401 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 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 9.3/10, 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.
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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