Census Tract · Ranked #434 of 84,120 nationally

Montebello Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037530101 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,452

For landlords sizing up Montebello, census tract 06037530101 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,634 a month while the average household earns $42,972 a year, roughly 46% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 28% Owners 27%

Tract context

Occupied units1,708

Renter share72.9%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate29.7%

Median income$42,972

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montebello and the region

Centroid at 34.0117, -118.0998 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montebello scores 9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Montebello

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

29.7% poverty · this tract

7.4

Supply constraint

$1,634 rent vs county FMR

1.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Montebello

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Montebello

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Montebello

7.3

How Montebello compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

99%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
55%Grade B
0%Grade C
2%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.

28.3%Housing insecurity
13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
37.3%Food insecurity
34.7%SNAP enrollment
17.1%Transit barriers
23.6%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
43.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Montebello

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Montebello, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 2% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037530101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037530101?

Census tract 06037530101 in Montebello scores 9/10 (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 06037530101?

Median gross rent is $1,634/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037530101?

29.7% of residents in tract 06037530101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,452.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037530101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 94th, minority 91th, housing 94th.

What share of households in tract 06037530101 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037530101 compare to Montebello overall?

Tract 06037530101 scores 9/10, higher than the parent city of Montebello at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montebello; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037530101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 2% 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 Montebello

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