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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena

Tract 06037603008 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,133 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 06037603008 reflects conditions in Strawberry Park in Gardena, California. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.

28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,252 monthly, set against $61,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 42% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share59.2%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$61,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 18 tracts In Strawberry Park
Elevated
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 16 tracts In Gardena
High
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,411 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,728 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.8977, -118.2951 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 6.6

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Strawberry Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 603008Gardena: 8.18.1Gardenaparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

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.

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 below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th 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 25.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037603008

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603008?

Census tract 06037603008 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 06037603008?

Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603008?

10.7% of residents in tract 06037603008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,133.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603008?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 94th, minority 97th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 06037603008 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603008 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037603008 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.0% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037603008 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037603008 scores 6.6/10, 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.

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