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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Huntington Park

Tract 06037535603 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,841 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 06037535603 covers the Walnut Park area of Huntington Park in California. Home to 3,841 residents, it scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 86% of US census tracts.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,582 monthly, set against $62,930 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 35% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,025
Renter share74.0%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$62,930

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 22 tracts In Walnut Park
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 21 tracts In Huntington Park
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#660 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#1,113 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9565, -118.2236 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,582 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington Park
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.0

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walnut Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.87.8This tracttract 535603Huntington Park: 8.88.8Huntington Parkparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 Walnut Park. 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 Walnut Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Huntington Park, 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037535603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535603?

Census tract 06037535603 in the Walnut Park neighborhood 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037535603?

Median gross rent is $1,582/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535603?

18.4% of residents in tract 06037535603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,841.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 86th, minority 99th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 06037535603 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535603 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037535603 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.5% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037535603 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037535603 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Huntington Park at 8.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037535603 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Huntington Park

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

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