Census Tract · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally

Lynwood Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037540502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,850

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06037540502 (Lynwood, California) comes in at 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,626 a month while the average household earns $57,724 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 54% Stable renters 33% Owners 13%

Tract context

Occupied units1,669

Renter share87.5%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate21.3%

Median income$57,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynwood and the region

Centroid at 33.9160, -118.2136 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lynwood scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lynwood

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

21.3% poverty · this tract

5.3

Supply constraint

$1,626 rent vs county FMR

1.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lynwood

8.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lynwood

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lynwood

8.0

How Lynwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

99%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
94%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
66%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

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.

34.9%Housing insecurity
15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
43.3%Food insecurity
39.9%SNAP enrollment
20.3%Transit barriers
26.3%No health insurance
21.4%Frequent mental distress
42.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lynwood

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Lynwood, 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 34.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.8% 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 06037540502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037540502?

Census tract 06037540502 in Lynwood scores 8.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037540502?

Median gross rent is $1,626/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037540502?

21.3% of residents in tract 06037540502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,850.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037540502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 83th, minority 98th, housing 94th.

What share of households in tract 06037540502 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.9% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037540502 compare to Lynwood overall?

Tract 06037540502 scores 8.2/10, lower than the parent city of Lynwood at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037540502 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 Lynwood

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