Census Tract · Ranked #1,608 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037602505 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,523

For landlords sizing up Hawthorne in Los Angeles County, census tract 06037602505 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,652 a month against an average household income of $67,257 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 95% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 46% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units1,616

Renter share94.7%

SVI overall0.95

Poverty rate24.2%

Median income$67,257

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hawthorne and the region

Centroid at 33.9056, -118.3417 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

24.2% poverty · this tract

6.1

Supply constraint

$1,652 rent vs county FMR

1.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hawthorne

8.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hawthorne

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hawthorne

7.6

How Hawthorne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

95%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
100%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

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.

31.6%Housing insecurity
16.7%Utility-shutoff threat
38.0%Food insecurity
39.2%SNAP enrollment
18.9%Transit barriers
17.2%No health insurance
21.5%Frequent mental distress
38.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne

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 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 above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th 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 31.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.7% 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 06037602505

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602505?

Census tract 06037602505 in Hawthorne scores 8.2/10 (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 06037602505?

Median gross rent is $1,652/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602505?

24.2% of residents in tract 06037602505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,523.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 87th.

What share of households in tract 06037602505 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.6% 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. 16.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602505 compare to Hawthorne overall?

Tract 06037602505 scores 8.2/10, 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.

Was tract 06037602505 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. 100% 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 Hawthorne

Top eight tracts in Hawthorne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.