Within neighborhood
90
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,438 of 84,120 nationally
Lair Port Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hawthorne
Tract 06037601502 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,640 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
In the Lair Port area of Hawthorne, census tract 06037601502 scores 6.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,436 a month while the average household earns $65,000 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units910
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$65,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region
Centroid at 33.9401, -118.3636 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lair Port scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hawthorne
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,436 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hawthorne
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hawthorne
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hawthorne
7.5
How Lair Port compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 100%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 Lair Port. 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.
- 31.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.7%Food insecurity
- 33.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.9%Transit barriers
- 26.1%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 40.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lair Port
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hawthorne, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 31.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037601502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037601502?
Census tract 06037601502 in the Lair Port neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037601502?
Median gross rent is $1,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037601502?
16.1% of residents in tract 06037601502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,640.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037601502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 83th, minority 97th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 06037601502 considered part of Lair Port?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037601502 fall within Lair Port (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037601502 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.1% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037601502 compare to Hawthorne overall?
Tract 06037601502 scores 7.8/10, lower than the parent city of Hawthorne at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hawthorne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037601502 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Hawthorne
Top eight tracts in Hawthorne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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