Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgedale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Torrance
Tract 06037604102 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,811 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
The Elevated-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 06037604102 reflects conditions in the Bridgedale neighborhood of Torrance, California. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,463 a month while the average household earns $91,875 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units853
Renter share62.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$91,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Torrance and the region
Centroid at 33.8789, -118.3487 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgedale scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Torrance
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,463 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Torrance
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Torrance
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Torrance
6.8
How Bridgedale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 98%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 Bridgedale. 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.
- 23.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.4%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 16.9%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgedale
What moves this score most 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 Torrance eviction risk, 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 98% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% 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 06037604102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037604102?
Census tract 06037604102 in the Bridgedale neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06037604102?
Median gross rent is $1,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037604102?
20.2% of residents in tract 06037604102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,811.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037604102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 24th, minority 85th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 06037604102 considered part of Bridgedale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037604102 fall within Bridgedale (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037604102 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.8% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037604102 compare to Torrance overall?
Tract 06037604102 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Torrance at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Torrance eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037604102 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. 98% 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 Torrance
Top eight tracts in Torrance ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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