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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Hill Section Eviction Risk: Lower , Manhattan Beach

Tract 06037621001 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,575 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Here is how census tract 06037621001, in Hill Section in Manhattan Beach, looks to a landlord: a 5.9/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,575. On the national scale it ranks #22,664 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,572 monthly, set against $167,260 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 16% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,041
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$167,260

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Hill Section
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Manhattan Beach
Very High
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#2,340 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#7,309 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Manhattan Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.8698, -118.3940 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hill Section scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Manhattan Beach
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,572 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Manhattan Beach
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Manhattan Beach
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Manhattan Beach
4.1

How Hill Section compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hill Section risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 621001Manhattan Beach: 8.08.0Manhattan Beachparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

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.

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 Hill Section. 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 Hill Section

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Manhattan Beach, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 80% 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 06037621001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037621001?

Census tract 06037621001 in the Hill Section neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 06037621001?

Median gross rent is $2,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037621001?

8.1% of residents in tract 06037621001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,575.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037621001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 41th, minority 44th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 06037621001 considered part of Hill Section?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037621001 fall within Hill Section (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037621001 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037621001 compare to Manhattan Beach overall?

Tract 06037621001 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Manhattan Beach at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Manhattan Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037621001 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. 80% 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 Manhattan Beach

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

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