Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Lakewood Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

Census tract 06037555107 runs through Lakewood in Los Angeles County. With 5,620 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,089 a month while the average household earns $92,212 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

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 4.3

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

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. 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 Lakewood, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037555107

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

Census tract 06037555107 in Lakewood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Lakewood at 8/10. 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.