Census Tract · Ranked #1,455 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037602513 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,660

Census tract 06037602513 covers Hawthorne, home to 1,660 residents. For landlords it grades 6.8/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,751 a month while the average household earns $65,896 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 37% Owners 7%

Tract context

Occupied units484

Renter share92.8%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate29.0%

Median income$65,896

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9196, -118.3310 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne scores 8.3

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

29.0% poverty · this tract

7.2

Supply constraint

$1,751 rent vs county FMR

1.7

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: 86

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

74%Socioeconomic
75%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
5%Grade C
9%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.

25.2%Housing insecurity
12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
27.8%Food insecurity
27.2%SNAP enrollment
14.1%Transit barriers
12.3%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
32.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne

What moves this score most is 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.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th 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 25.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037602513

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602513?

Census tract 06037602513 in Hawthorne scores 8.3/10 (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 06037602513?

Median gross rent is $1,751/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602513?

29.0% of residents in tract 06037602513 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,660.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602513?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 75th, minority 95th, housing 85th.

What share of households in tract 06037602513 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.2% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602513 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602513 scores 8.3/10, right in line with 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 06037602513 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. 9% 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.