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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park

Tract 06037535501 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,234 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 06037535501 covers part of the Walnut Park area of South Gate, CA, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Food insecurity runs 41.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 26% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units957
Renter share72.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$56,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 22 tracts In Walnut Park
Moderate
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 21 tracts In Huntington Park
High
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#973 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,347 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9612, -118.2221 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 9.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,336 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington Park
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.0

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walnut Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 535501Huntington Park: 9.19.1Huntington Parkparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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.

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 Walnut Park. 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 Walnut Park

Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 28.3% against 11.3% nationally.

72% 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. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. At $1,336 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of South Gate 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. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037535501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535501?

Census tract 06037535501 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037535501?

Median gross rent is $1,336/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535501?

20.0% of residents in tract 06037535501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,234.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 82th, minority 98th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 06037535501 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535501 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037535501 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.0% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037535501 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037535501 scores 9.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Huntington Park at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037535501 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 Huntington Park

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

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