Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Montebello Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06037532002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,414

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06037532002 in Montebello, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,414 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 31% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units1,062

Renter share52.8%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate10.2%

Median income$81,516

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Montebello and the region

Centroid at 34.0035, -118.1174 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montebello scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Montebello

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

10.2% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,726 rent vs county FMR

1.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Montebello

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Montebello

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Montebello

7.3

How Montebello 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.

86%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
17%Grade B
52%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.

23.5%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
28.3%Food insecurity
22.0%SNAP enrollment
12.9%Transit barriers
20.2%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
36.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Montebello

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

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 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,726, close to the Montebello average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037532002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037532002?

Census tract 06037532002 in Montebello scores 7.8/10 (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 06037532002?

Median gross rent is $1,726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037532002?

10.2% of residents in tract 06037532002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,414.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037532002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 77th.

What share of households in tract 06037532002 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037532002 compare to Montebello overall?

Tract 06037532002 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Montebello at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montebello; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037532002 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 Montebello

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