Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06037570002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,588
In Lakewood, census tract 06037570002 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #50,491 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,744 a month while the average household earns $116,357 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units792
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$116,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakewood and the region
Centroid at 33.8647, -118.1295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,744 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%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 well below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037570002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037570002?
Census tract 06037570002 in Lakewood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 06037570002?
Median gross rent is $1,744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037570002?
3.3% of residents in tract 06037570002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,588.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037570002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 12th, minority 77th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037570002 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037570002 compare to Lakewood overall?
Tract 06037570002 scores 3.6/10, 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.
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