Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Lawndale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 06037603901 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,685
Census tract 06037603901 sits in Lawndale, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #34,878 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,889 a month while the average household earns $113,500 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,290
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$113,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawndale and the region
Centroid at 33.8981, -118.3586 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawndale scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawndale
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,889 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawndale
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawndale
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawndale
6.8
How Lawndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 80%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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawndale
The heaviest input here 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 Lawndale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below 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 70th 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 80% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037603901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603901?
Census tract 06037603901 in Lawndale scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 06037603901?
Median gross rent is $1,889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603901?
4.9% of residents in tract 06037603901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 36th, minority 87th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037603901 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037603901 compare to Lawndale overall?
Tract 06037603901 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Lawndale at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 06037603901 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. 80% 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 Lawndale
Top eight tracts in Lawndale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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