Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Del Aire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hawthorne

Tract 06037602402 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 7,250 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 06037602402 covers the Del Aire area of Hawthorne, home to 7,250 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,920 monthly, set against $108,368 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 33% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units2,070

Renter share54.5%

SVI overall0.51

Poverty rate4.1%

Median income$108,368

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9092, -118.3569 · click any tract to drill in

Why Del Aire scores 5.8

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

4.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,920 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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 Del Aire compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

53%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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
28%Grade C
72%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 Del Aire. 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.

18.1%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
19.9%Food insecurity
15.1%SNAP enrollment
9.7%Transit barriers
13.5%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
30.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Del Aire

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 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 72% 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037602402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602402?

Census tract 06037602402 in the Del Aire neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 06037602402?

Median gross rent is $1,920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602402?

4.1% of residents in tract 06037602402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,250.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 25th, minority 89th, housing 46th.

Is tract 06037602402 considered part of Del Aire?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602402 fall within Del Aire (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037602402 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602402 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602402 scores 5.8/10, 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.

Was tract 06037602402 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. 72% 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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