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Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Downey Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037551204 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,530

Tract 06037551204 sits in Downey eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. Population here is 3,530. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 23% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,095
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$69,350

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 26 tracts In Downey
High
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#1,570 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#3,143 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#6,330 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Downey and the region

Centroid at 33.9275, -118.1366 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downey scores 8.3

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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,684 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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.
Downey risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.38.3This tracttract 551204Downey: 7.97.9Downeyparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downey

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

Average gross rent is $1,684, 13% below the Downey average. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $69,350.

60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06037551204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037551204?

Census tract 06037551204 in Downey scores 8.3/10 (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 06037551204?

Median gross rent is $1,684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037551204?

12.7% of residents in tract 06037551204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,530.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037551204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 84th, minority 86th, housing 61th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037551204 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.8% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037551204 compare to Downey overall?

Tract 06037551204 scores 8.3/10, 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.

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