Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Huntington Park

Tract 06037534803 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,749 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 06037534803 covers part of the Walnut Park area of Walnut Park, CA, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,749. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 21% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,178

Renter share56.6%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate10.9%

Median income$80,440

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9693, -118.2254 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 7.9

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

10.9% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,422 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Huntington Park

8.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Huntington Park

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Huntington Park

7.8

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

98%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
38%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
99%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.

29.5%Housing insecurity
12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
36.6%Food insecurity
30.6%SNAP enrollment
16.4%Transit barriers
26.1%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
40.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Food insecurity runs 36.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10.

Cost burden runs 64% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.1% against 11.3% nationally.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 90th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,422, close to the Walnut Park average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $80,440. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037534803

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534803?

Census tract 06037534803 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 06037534803?

Median gross rent is $1,422/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534803?

10.9% of residents in tract 06037534803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,749.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 38th.

Is tract 06037534803 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534803 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037534803 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.5% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037534803 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037534803 scores 7.9/10, lower 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 06037534803 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.