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Neighborhood · Ranked #237 of 84,120 nationally

Lair Port Eviction Risk: High , Hawthorne

Tract 06037602103 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,336 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

The Lair Port area of Hawthorne is where census tract 06037602103 sits, home to 5,336 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

74% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,761 a month against an average household income of $36,390 a year, roughly 58% of income at the averages. Renters make up 76% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57% Stable renters 20% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,865
Renter share76.2%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate35.7%
Median income$36,390

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Lair Port
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 20 tracts In Hawthorne
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9283, -118.3567 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lair Port scores 9.2

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
35.7% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,761 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 Lair Port compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lair Port risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.29.2This tracttract 602103Hawthorne: 8.58.5Hawthorneparent 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.

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.

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.

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 above 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 06037602103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602103?

Census tract 06037602103 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037602103?

Median gross rent is $1,761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602103?

35.7% of residents in tract 06037602103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,336.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 77th, minority 95th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 06037602103 considered part of Lair Port?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602103 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037602103 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.0% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037602103 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602103 scores 9.2/10, higher 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 06037602103 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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