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

Norwalk Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037552200 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,780

06037552200 is a census tract in Norwalk, CA. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,780 residents. 39% 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

8.4

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 29% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units1,598

Renter share79.5%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate24.1%

Median income$65,389

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Norwalk and the region

Centroid at 33.9087, -118.0732 · click any tract to drill in

Why Norwalk scores 8.4

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

24.1% poverty · this tract

6.0

Supply constraint

$1,842 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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: 89

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

89%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
48%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.

27.8%Housing insecurity
12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
34.9%Food insecurity
31.5%SNAP enrollment
16.4%Transit barriers
20.1%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
37.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Norwalk

80% 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. Food insecurity runs 34.9% against 17.8% nationally.

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $65,389 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Cost burden runs 64% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.1% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,842 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Norwalk commands.

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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037552200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037552200?

Census tract 06037552200 in Norwalk 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037552200?

Median gross rent is $1,842/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037552200?

24.1% of residents in tract 06037552200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,780.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037552200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 88th, minority 94th, housing 63th.

What share of households in tract 06037552200 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.8% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037552200 compare to Norwalk overall?

Tract 06037552200 scores 8.4/10, higher than 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 06037552200 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.