Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park

Tract 06037534501 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,651 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 06037534501 covers part of the Walnut Park area of Huntington Park, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 30% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units1,330

Renter share68.0%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate15.3%

Median income$62,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9677, -118.2076 · 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

15.3% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,665 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

96%Socioeconomic
68%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
67%Grade B
33%Grade C
0%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

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.

28.5%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
34.7%Food insecurity
28.8%SNAP enrollment
15.6%Transit barriers
24.2%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Food insecurity runs 34.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $62,083 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.5 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,665, 11% above the Huntington Park average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037534501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534501?

Census tract 06037534501 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037534501?

Median gross rent is $1,665/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534501?

15.3% of residents in tract 06037534501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,651.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 68th, minority 98th, housing 75th.

Is tract 06037534501 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534501 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037534501 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.5% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037534501 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037534501 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.

Was tract 06037534501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Huntington Park

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