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

Lakewood Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037555107 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,620 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 06037555107 in Lakewood, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 35%. 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 20% Stable renters 14% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,853

Renter share34.5%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate8.2%

Median income$92,212

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 33.8395, -118.0644 · 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

8.2% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$2,089 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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: 57

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

57%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
42%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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
16.7%Food insecurity
13.2%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
28.3%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. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.

At $2,089 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Lakewood commands. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $92,212. 35% 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 06037555107

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037555107?

Census tract 06037555107 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 06037555107?

Median gross rent is $2,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037555107?

8.2% of residents in tract 06037555107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,620.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037555107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 48th, minority 84th, housing 42th.

What share of households in tract 06037555107 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037555107 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 06037555107 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.