Census Tract · Ranked #3,157 of 84,120 nationally

Montebello Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037532101 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,044

Tract 06037532101 covers Montebello in California. Home to 7,044 residents, it scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 86% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,693 a month against an average household income of $59,203 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 22% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units1,977

Renter share70.1%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate14.9%

Median income$59,203

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montebello and the region

Centroid at 34.0049, -118.1063 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montebello scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Montebello

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

14.9% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,693 rent vs county FMR

1.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Montebello

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Montebello

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Montebello

7.3

How Montebello 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.

95%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
50%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.

28.1%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
34.4%Food insecurity
28.7%SNAP enrollment
15.6%Transit barriers
23.4%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
37.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Montebello

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Montebello, 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.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 28.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% 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 06037532101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037532101?

Census tract 06037532101 in Montebello scores 7.5/10 (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 06037532101?

Median gross rent is $1,693/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037532101?

14.9% of residents in tract 06037532101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,044.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037532101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 94th, minority 99th, housing 63th.

What share of households in tract 06037532101 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.1% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037532101 compare to Montebello overall?

Tract 06037532101 scores 7.5/10, lower than the parent city of Montebello at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montebello; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037532101 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 Montebello

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