Neighborhood · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally

Morningside Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Inglewood

Tract 06037600602 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,681 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06037600602, home to 2,681 residents in the Morningside Park neighborhood of Inglewood, scores 6.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #11,904 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,750 monthly, set against $65,129 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 95% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 61% Stable renters 34% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units715

Renter share95.1%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate14.6%

Median income$65,129

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Inglewood and the region

Centroid at 33.9416, -118.3308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morningside Park scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

14.6% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,750 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Inglewood

8.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Inglewood

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Inglewood

7.5

How Morningside Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

98%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
79%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
9%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 Morningside 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.

32.1%Housing insecurity
16.0%Utility-shutoff threat
38.3%Food insecurity
38.1%SNAP enrollment
18.9%Transit barriers
18.3%No health insurance
21.5%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morningside Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 about the same as the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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.

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 06037600602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037600602?

Census tract 06037600602 in the Morningside Park neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 06037600602?

Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037600602?

14.6% of residents in tract 06037600602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,681.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037600602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 90th, minority 100th, housing 79th.

Is tract 06037600602 considered part of Morningside Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037600602 fall within Morningside Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037600602 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.1% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037600602 compare to Inglewood overall?

Tract 06037600602 scores 7.6/10, 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.

Was tract 06037600602 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 9% 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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