Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Lair Port Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hawthorne
Tract 06037601600 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,021 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 06037601600 sits in the Lair Port area of Hawthorne, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.
59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,336 a month while the average household earns $49,173 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share71.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$49,173
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region
Centroid at 33.9348, -118.3639 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lair Port scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,336 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hawthorne
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hawthorne
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hawthorne
7.5
How Lair Port compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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 Lair Port. 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.
- 28.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.1%Food insecurity
- 28.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 24.8%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lair Port
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 in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% 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 06037601600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037601600?
Census tract 06037601600 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06037601600?
Median gross rent is $1,336/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037601600?
6.8% of residents in tract 06037601600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,021.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037601600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 12th, minority 98th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 06037601600 considered part of Lair Port?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037601600 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037601600 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.5% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037601600 compare to Hawthorne overall?
Tract 06037601600 scores 7.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 06037601600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Hawthorne
Top eight tracts in Hawthorne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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