Neighborhood · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally

Hill Section Eviction Risk: Lower , Manhattan Beach

Tract 06037620802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,434 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 06037620802 covers the Hill Section area of Manhattan Beach in California. Home to 3,434 residents, it scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,259 a month against an average household income of $181,518 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 31% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units1,353

Renter share41.3%

SVI overall0.06

Poverty rate3.4%

Median income$181,518

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Manhattan Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.8801, -118.3917 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hill Section scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Manhattan Beach

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

3.4% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,259 rent vs county FMR

3.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Manhattan Beach

3.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Manhattan Beach

7.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Manhattan Beach

3.0

How Hill Section compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

2%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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
7%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

Within Hill Section. 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.

5.6%Housing insecurity
2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
3.8%Transit barriers
2.9%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
21.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hill Section

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Manhattan Beach, 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 7% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.7% 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 06037620802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037620802?

Census tract 06037620802 in the Hill Section neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037620802?

Median gross rent is $2,259/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037620802?

3.4% of residents in tract 06037620802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,434.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037620802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 4th, minority 43th, housing 44th.

Is tract 06037620802 considered part of Hill Section?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037620802 fall within Hill Section (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037620802 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037620802 compare to Manhattan Beach overall?

Tract 06037620802 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Manhattan Beach at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Manhattan Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037620802 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. 7% 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 Manhattan Beach

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