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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Compton

Tract 06037542800 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,246 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06037542800 in the Willowbrook area of Compton, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. At $2,307 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Compton commands.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 9% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units948
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$69,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 11 tracts In Willowbrook
Low
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 23 tracts In Compton
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#1,686 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#3,885 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.8996, -118.2474 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowbrook scores 7.8

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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,307 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.
Willowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.87.8This tracttract 542800Compton: 7.87.8Comptonparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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

Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $69,719, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

SNAP participation runs 27.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 29.6% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 22% 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 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 57% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037542800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037542800?

Census tract 06037542800 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 06037542800?

Median gross rent is $2,307/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037542800?

8.6% of residents in tract 06037542800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,246.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037542800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 98th, minority 99th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 06037542800 considered part of Willowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037542800 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037542800 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.9% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037542800 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037542800 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.

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