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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,484 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park

Tract 06037534502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,403 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

06037534502 is a census tract in the Walnut Park area of Huntington Park, CA. It scores 9.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,403 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
9.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 21% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units893
Renter share41.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$76,302

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 22 tracts In Walnut Park
Moderate
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 14 tracts In Huntington Park
Very Low
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#842 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#1,189 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9654, -118.2007 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 9.6

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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,380 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: 9.69.6This tracttract 534502Huntington Park: 9.19.1Huntington Parkparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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

Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Food insecurity runs 33.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Cost burden runs 48% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. At $1,380 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Huntington Park commands.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #2,484 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037534502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534502?

Census tract 06037534502 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 9.6/10 (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 06037534502?

Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534502?

15.5% of residents in tract 06037534502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,403.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 76th, minority 94th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 06037534502 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534502 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037534502 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.1% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037534502 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037534502 scores 9.6/10, 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 06037534502 historically redlined?

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

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