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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally

Bridgedale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Torrance

Tract 06037604101 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,108 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

The Bridgedale neighborhood of Torrance is where census tract 06037604101 sits, home to 4,108 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.

About 65% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,778 a month while the average household earns $77,849 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 25% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,142
Renter share70.8%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$77,849

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Bridgedale
High
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Torrance
Moderate
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,201 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,277 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Torrance and the region

Centroid at 33.8845, -118.3477 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridgedale scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Torrance
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,778 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Torrance
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Torrance
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Torrance
6.8

How Bridgedale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bridgedale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 604101Torrance: 8.08.0Torranceparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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

Within Bridgedale. 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 Bridgedale

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Torrance eviction risk, 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 25.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037604101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037604101?

Census tract 06037604101 in the Bridgedale neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037604101?

Median gross rent is $1,778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037604101?

10.7% of residents in tract 06037604101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,108.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037604101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 17th, minority 89th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 06037604101 considered part of Bridgedale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037604101 fall within Bridgedale (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037604101 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.6% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037604101 compare to Torrance overall?

Tract 06037604101 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of Torrance at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Torrance eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037604101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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 Torrance

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

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