Within neighborhood
8
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Lennox Eviction Risk: Elevated , Inglewood
Tract 06037601802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,509 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 06037601802 belongs to Lennox in Inglewood, California. It is home to 3,509 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,493 a month against an average household income of $82,833 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units932
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$82,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Inglewood and the region
Centroid at 33.9400, -118.3504 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lennox scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Inglewood
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,493 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Inglewood
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Inglewood
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Inglewood
7.5
How Lennox compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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 Lennox. 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.
- 24.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.6%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 20.9%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lennox
What moves this score most 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 Inglewood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037601802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037601802?
Census tract 06037601802 in the Lennox neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037601802?
Median gross rent is $1,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037601802?
8.2% of residents in tract 06037601802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037601802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 64th, minority 95th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 06037601802 considered part of Lennox?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037601802 fall within Lennox (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037601802 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.1% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037601802 compare to Inglewood overall?
Tract 06037601802 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of Inglewood at 8.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inglewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037601802 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 Inglewood
Top eight tracts in Inglewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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