Census Tract · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037602511 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,444

Census tract 06037602511 sits in Hawthorne, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than about 89% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,696 a month against an average household income of $48,165 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 69% Stable renters 24% Owners 7%

Tract context

Occupied units1,504

Renter share92.8%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate19.6%

Median income$48,165

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9127, -118.3372 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne scores 8.2

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

19.6% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$1,696 rent vs county FMR

1.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hawthorne

8.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hawthorne

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hawthorne

7.6

How Hawthorne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

89%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
69%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
93%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.

36.9%Housing insecurity
21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
47.5%Food insecurity
52.1%SNAP enrollment
23.8%Transit barriers
18.8%No health insurance
23.2%Frequent mental distress
44.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 93% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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 06037602511

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602511?

Census tract 06037602511 in Hawthorne scores 8.2/10 (High 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 06037602511?

Median gross rent is $1,696/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602511?

19.6% of residents in tract 06037602511 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,444.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602511?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 96th, minority 98th, housing 69th.

What share of households in tract 06037602511 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.9% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602511 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602511 scores 8.2/10, 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.

Was tract 06037602511 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 93% 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 Hawthorne

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