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Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena

Tract 06037603005 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,482 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06037603005 belongs to the Strawberry Park area of Gardena, California. It is home to 6,482 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.

About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,832 a month against an average household income of $71,458 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 25% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units2,046

Renter share67.4%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate11.1%

Median income$71,458

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.8983, -118.3048 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gardena

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.1% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,832 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gardena

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gardena

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gardena

6.6

How Strawberry Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

73%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
72%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Strawberry 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.

20.1%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
22.5%Food insecurity
19.5%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
30.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Gardena, 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 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 20.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 79th 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.

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 06037603005

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603005?

Census tract 06037603005 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 06037603005?

Median gross rent is $1,832/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603005?

11.1% of residents in tract 06037603005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,482.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603005?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 63th, minority 96th, housing 72th.

Is tract 06037603005 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603005 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037603005 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.1% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037603005 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037603005 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Gardena at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardena; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gardena

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