Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Downey Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037551802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,002

06037551802 is a census tract in Downey, CA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,002 residents. 77% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 14% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units1,392

Renter share61.3%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate9.2%

Median income$76,777

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Downey and the region

Centroid at 33.9133, -118.1188 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downey scores 7.8

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

9.2% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$2,018 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 77

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

66%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

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.

18.7%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
19.8%Food insecurity
15.4%SNAP enrollment
9.9%Transit barriers
13.1%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
28.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downey

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,018, close to the Downey average. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $76,777.

61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037551802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037551802?

Census tract 06037551802 in Downey 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037551802?

Median gross rent is $2,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037551802?

9.2% of residents in tract 06037551802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,002.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037551802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 92th, minority 89th, housing 50th.

What share of households in tract 06037551802 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037551802 compare to Downey overall?

Tract 06037551802 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.