Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #675 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell
Tract 06037534405 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,000 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Walker in Bell anchors census tract 06037534405, which lands at 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 72% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,775 monthly, set against $54,523 in average yearly household income, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 82% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units909
Renter share82.0%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$54,523
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bell and the region
Centroid at 33.9660, -118.1829 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 8.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bell
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,775 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell
8.7
How Walker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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 Walker. 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.
- 34.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.3%Food insecurity
- 41.3%SNAP enrollment
- 20.6%Transit barriers
- 27.8%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walker
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Bell, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 34.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 06037534405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534405?
Census tract 06037534405 in the Walker neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 06037534405?
Median gross rent is $1,775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534405?
25.8% of residents in tract 06037534405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 06037534405 considered part of Walker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534405 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037534405 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.8% 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. 16.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037534405 compare to Bell overall?
Tract 06037534405 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bell at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037534405 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. 0% 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 Bell
Top eight tracts in Bell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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