Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037555002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,947

06037555002 is a census tract in Lakewood, CA. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

6.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 29% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,212

Renter share62.7%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate6.8%

Median income$87,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 33.8352, -118.0893 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lakewood

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

6.8% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$2,025 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lakewood

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lakewood

6.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lakewood

5.5

How Lakewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

42%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation

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.

15.0%Housing insecurity
6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
16.1%Food insecurity
12.5%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
26.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakewood

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.1 points. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. At $2,025 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Lakewood commands.

That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $87,500. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037555002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037555002?

Census tract 06037555002 in Lakewood scores 6.3/10 (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 06037555002?

Median gross rent is $2,025/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037555002?

6.8% of residents in tract 06037555002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,947.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037555002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 39th, minority 84th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 06037555002 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037555002 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 06037555002 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Lakewood at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

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