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Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Downey Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037550901 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,868

Tract 06037550901 sits in Downey eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. Population here is 4,868. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 40% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,432
Renter share77.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$88,036

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 26 tracts In Downey
High
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,545 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,744 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,730 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Downey and the region

Centroid at 33.9421, -118.1290 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downey scores 8.4

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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,859 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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.
Downey risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.48.4This tracttract 550901Downey: 7.97.9Downeyparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downey

77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Housing insecurity runs 22.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 25.8% against 17.8% nationally. 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 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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 06037550901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037550901?

Census tract 06037550901 in Downey scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037550901?

Median gross rent is $1,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037550901?

17.6% of residents in tract 06037550901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,868.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037550901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 74th, minority 87th, housing 89th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037550901 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.2% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037550901 compare to Downey overall?

Tract 06037550901 scores 8.4/10, higher than 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.
Q7

Was tract 06037550901 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 Downey

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

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