Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Norwalk Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037552100 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,964

Tract 06037552100 sits in Norwalk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. Population here is 5,964. At $1,294 a month, rents run 38% under what the rest of Norwalk commands.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 17% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,794

Renter share36.7%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate8.1%

Median income$76,141

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Norwalk and the region

Centroid at 33.9055, -118.0881 · click any tract to drill in

Why Norwalk scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Norwalk

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

8.1% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,294 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Norwalk

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Norwalk

6.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Norwalk

6.7

How Norwalk compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

51%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
89%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
22%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.

18.2%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
22.2%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
10.2%Transit barriers
15.8%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
34.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Norwalk

The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10.

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. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 54% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $76,141.

37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037552100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037552100?

Census tract 06037552100 in Norwalk scores 6.8/10 (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 06037552100?

Median gross rent is $1,294/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037552100?

8.1% of residents in tract 06037552100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,964.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037552100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 83th, minority 93th, housing 89th.

What share of households in tract 06037552100 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.2% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037552100 compare to Norwalk overall?

Tract 06037552100 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Norwalk at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norwalk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037552100 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 Norwalk

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