Census Tract · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Lynwood Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037541801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,496 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Lynwood

Census tract 06037541801 covers part of Lynwood, CA, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,496. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 26% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,123

Renter share58.3%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate29.2%

Median income$69,821

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lynwood and the region

Centroid at 33.9118, -118.1947 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lynwood scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lynwood

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

29.2% poverty · this tract

7.3

Supply constraint

$1,644 rent vs county FMR

1.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lynwood

8.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lynwood

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lynwood

8.0

How Lynwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

96%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
32%Grade C
0%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.

32.4%Housing insecurity
14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
40.4%Food insecurity
37.7%SNAP enrollment
18.9%Transit barriers
24.0%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
41.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lynwood

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Housing insecurity runs 32.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.0% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 96th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.6/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037541801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541801?

Census tract 06037541801 in Lynwood scores 9.3/10 (High 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 06037541801?

Median gross rent is $1,644/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037541801?

29.2% of residents in tract 06037541801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,496.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037541801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 84th, minority 98th, housing 84th.

What share of households in tract 06037541801 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.4% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037541801 compare to Lynwood overall?

Tract 06037541801 scores 9.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lynwood at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lynwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037541801 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Lynwood

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