Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Lair Port Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hawthorne

Tract 06037602302 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,641 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06037602302, home to 4,641 residents in the Lair Port area of Hawthorne, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,497 a month while the average household earns $172,097 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 9% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units1,856

Renter share13.3%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate6.4%

Median income$172,097

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9051, -118.3743 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lair Port scores 5.6

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

6.4% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$3,497 rent vs county FMR

8.3

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 Lair Port compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

11%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
21%Housing & transportation

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.

7.4%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
7.3%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
4.5%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
20.1%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 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 White and Asian and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% 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 06037602302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602302?

Census tract 06037602302 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 06037602302?

Median gross rent is $3,497/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602302?

6.4% of residents in tract 06037602302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,641.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 31th, minority 63th, housing 21th.

Is tract 06037602302 considered part of Lair Port?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602302 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037602302 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602302 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602302 scores 5.6/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hawthorne

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