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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park

Tract 06037532607 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,943 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037532607 in the Walnut Park area of Huntington Park, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,943. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 36% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,408
Renter share83.0%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$52,778

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 22 tracts In Walnut Park
High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 14 tracts In Huntington Park
Moderate
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#630 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9846, -118.2334 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,240 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington Park
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.7

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walnut Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 532607Huntington Park: 9.19.1Huntington Parkparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg 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: 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 Walnut Park. 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 Walnut Park

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. SNAP participation runs 35.4% against 15.2% nationally.

83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.7% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

At $1,240 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Huntington Park commands. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 57% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037532607

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037532607?

Census tract 06037532607 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06037532607?

Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037532607?

18.2% of residents in tract 06037532607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,943.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037532607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 97th, minority 97th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 06037532607 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037532607 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037532607 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.3% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037532607 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037532607 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Huntington Park at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037532607 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. 37% 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 Huntington Park

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

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