Census Tract · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally

Lawndale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037603801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,827

Eviction risk in Lawndale centers on tract 06037603801, which scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 4,827 residents. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

68% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,709 a month against an average household income of $75,417 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 65% 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 44% Stable renters 21% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,522

Renter share65.0%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate18.6%

Median income$75,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawndale and the region

Centroid at 33.8985, -118.3481 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lawndale scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lawndale

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

18.6% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$1,709 rent vs county FMR

1.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lawndale

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lawndale

9.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lawndale

6.8

How Lawndale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

92%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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
88%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.

25.4%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
30.6%Food insecurity
28.2%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
15.6%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
35.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lawndale

The score leans hardest on 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 Lawndale, 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 88% 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.

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 06037603801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603801?

Census tract 06037603801 in Lawndale 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 06037603801?

Median gross rent is $1,709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603801?

18.6% of residents in tract 06037603801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,827.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 41th, minority 88th, housing 98th.

What share of households in tract 06037603801 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.4% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037603801 compare to Lawndale overall?

Tract 06037603801 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lawndale at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037603801 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. 88% 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 Lawndale

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