Census Tract · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally

Montebello Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037530102 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,706

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 06037530102 in Montebello ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,706 residents. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,526 a month while the average household earns $54,674 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 25% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,648

Renter share60.4%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate11.6%

Median income$54,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montebello and the region

Centroid at 34.0154, -118.1155 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montebello scores 7.3

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

11.6% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,526 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 98

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

87%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
99%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
40%Grade B
8%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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
24.6%Food insecurity
19.5%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
17.8%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Montebello

What moves this score most is 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 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 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 06037530102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037530102?

Census tract 06037530102 in Montebello scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 06037530102?

Median gross rent is $1,526/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037530102?

11.6% of residents in tract 06037530102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,706.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037530102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 95th, minority 88th, housing 99th.

What share of households in tract 06037530102 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037530102 compare to Montebello overall?

Tract 06037530102 scores 7.3/10, lower 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 06037530102 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. 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 Montebello

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