Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Hermosa Beach Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06037621104 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,975
Census tract 06037621104 covers Hermosa Beach, home to 6,975 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #34,883 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,875 a month while the average household earns $132,366 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units3,136
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$132,366
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hermosa Beach and the region
Centroid at 33.8575, -118.3993 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hermosa Beach scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hermosa Beach
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,875 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hermosa Beach
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hermosa Beach
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hermosa Beach
4.1
How Hermosa Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 0%Grade C
- 95%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
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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 18.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hermosa Beach
The heaviest input here 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 Hermosa 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 below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 95% 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037621104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037621104?
Census tract 06037621104 in Hermosa Beach scores 3.5/10 (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 06037621104?
Median gross rent is $2,875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037621104?
4.6% of residents in tract 06037621104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037621104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 2th, minority 48th, housing 49th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037621104 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037621104 compare to Hermosa Beach overall?
Tract 06037621104 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Hermosa Beach at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hermosa Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 06037621104 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. 95% 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 Hermosa Beach
Top eight tracts in Hermosa Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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