Within neighborhood
10
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Lair Port Eviction Risk: Lower , Hawthorne
Tract 06037620002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,637 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.8/10 for census tract 06037620002 reflects conditions in the Lair Port area of Hawthorne, California. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,591 a month while the average household earns $145,325 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,473
Renter share63.5%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$145,325
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region
Centroid at 33.9200, -118.4042 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lair Port scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$2,591 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
- 3%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
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lair Port
The score leans hardest on 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 Hawthorne, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037620002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037620002?
Census tract 06037620002 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 06037620002?
Median gross rent is $2,591/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037620002?
8.6% of residents in tract 06037620002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037620002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 8th, minority 56th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 06037620002 considered part of Lair Port?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037620002 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037620002 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037620002 compare to Hawthorne overall?
Tract 06037620002 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hawthorne at 8.5/10. 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 06037620002 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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Top eight tracts in Hawthorne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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