Census tract 06037551101 covers part of Downey, CA, and scores 8.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,913 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%Stable renters 33%Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share61.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$62,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96th percentile
#2 of 26 tracts In Downey
Very High
Within county
48th percentile
#1,303 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
74th percentile
#2,397 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
94th percentile
#5,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Downey and the region
Centroid at 33.9218, -118.1262 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downey scores 8.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Downey
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Downey
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Downey
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Downey
6.4
How Downey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
22.6%Housing insecurity
9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
25.6%Food insecurity
21.5%SNAP enrollment
12.4%Transit barriers
15.9%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downey
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $62,361, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Cost burden runs 46% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Housing insecurity runs 22.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 25.6% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,720, 11% below the Downey average.
On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037551101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037551101?
Census tract 06037551101 in Downey scores 8.6/10 (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 06037551101?
Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037551101?
13.7% of residents in tract 06037551101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,913.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037551101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 64th, minority 89th, housing 100th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037551101 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037551101 compare to Downey overall?
Tract 06037551101 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Downey at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Downey eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Downey
Top eight tracts in Downey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.