Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Downey Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037550802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,038

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06037550802 in Downey, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,038 residents. 41% 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

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 26% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units574

Renter share50.0%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$77,241

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Downey and the region

Centroid at 33.9551, -118.1485 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downey scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Downey

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,539 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Downey

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Downey

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Downey

6.4

How Downey compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

74%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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.

21.5%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
25.2%Food insecurity
20.1%SNAP enrollment
11.6%Transit barriers
17.5%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downey

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

Average gross rent is $1,539, 21% below the Downey average. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 21.5% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $77,241.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037550802

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037550802?

Census tract 06037550802 in Downey scores 7.8/10 (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 06037550802?

Median gross rent is $1,539/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037550802?

9.9% of residents in tract 06037550802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,038.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037550802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 53th, minority 86th, housing 46th.

What share of households in tract 06037550802 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.5% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037550802 compare to Downey overall?

Tract 06037550802 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Downey at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Downey eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Downey

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