Census Tract · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally

Montebello Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037532200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,983

Census tract 06037532200 covers Montebello in Los Angeles County, home to 6,983 residents. For landlords it grades 6.5/10, an elevated reading. On the national scale it ranks #10,340 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,785 a month against an average household income of $77,926 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 35% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units1,714

Renter share69.9%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate16.7%

Median income$77,926

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montebello and the region

Centroid at 33.9868, -118.1226 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montebello scores 7.3

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

16.7% poverty · this tract

4.2

Supply constraint

$1,785 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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: 86

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

80%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
80%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
8%Grade B
0%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.

26.3%Housing insecurity
10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
31.6%Food insecurity
26.3%SNAP enrollment
14.5%Transit barriers
21.2%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
36.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Montebello

The heaviest input here is 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th 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 26.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.9% 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 06037532200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037532200?

Census tract 06037532200 in Montebello scores 7.3/10 (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 06037532200?

Median gross rent is $1,785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037532200?

16.7% of residents in tract 06037532200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,983.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037532200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 72th, minority 96th, housing 80th.

What share of households in tract 06037532200 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.3% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037532200 compare to Montebello overall?

Tract 06037532200 scores 7.3/10, 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 06037532200 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 Montebello

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