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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Lair Port Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hawthorne

Tract 06037620001 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,338 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 6.4/10, tract 06037620001 in the Lair Port area of El Segundo, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 28% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,689
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$163,510

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 11 tracts In Lair Port
Low
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Hawthorne
Moderate
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#2,117 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#6,341 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9274, -118.4038 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lair Port scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hawthorne
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,239 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hawthorne
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hawthorne
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hawthorne
3.4

How Lair Port compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lair Port risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 620001Hawthorne: 9.09.0Hawthorneparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

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.

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 Lair Port. 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 Lair Port

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $2,239, 12% below the El Segundo average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037620001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037620001?

Census tract 06037620001 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 06037620001?

Median gross rent is $2,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037620001?

1.6% of residents in tract 06037620001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,338.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037620001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 37th, minority 66th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 06037620001 considered part of Lair Port?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037620001 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037620001 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.5% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037620001 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037620001 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Hawthorne at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hawthorne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037620001 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.
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