Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park

Tract 06037535701 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,413 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06037535701 sits in the Walnut Park area of South Gate, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. It is home to 5,413 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 31% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,529

Renter share62.4%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate13.6%

Median income$73,843

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9602, -118.2041 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 8.3

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

13.6% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,497 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Huntington Park

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Huntington Park

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Huntington Park

7.0

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

91%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
0%Grade B
75%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.

27.1%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
32.6%Food insecurity
26.4%SNAP enrollment
14.8%Transit barriers
23.6%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
37.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park

The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.1% against 14.2% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 26.4% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%.

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 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

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 $1,497, close to the South Gate average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $73,843.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037535701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535701?

Census tract 06037535701 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (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 06037535701?

Median gross rent is $1,497/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535701?

13.6% of residents in tract 06037535701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,413.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 54th, minority 95th, housing 47th.

Is tract 06037535701 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535701 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037535701 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037535701 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037535701 scores 8.3/10, 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 06037535701 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.