Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgedale Eviction Risk: High , Torrance
Tract 06037603802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,941 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06037603802 in the Bridgedale area of Lawndale, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,941 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,209
Renter share52.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$84,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Torrance and the region
Centroid at 33.8910, -118.3481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgedale scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$2,006 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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
- 99%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
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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgedale
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Average gross rent is $2,006, close to the Lawndale average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $84,735.
52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037603802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603802?
Census tract 06037603802 in the Bridgedale neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06037603802?
Median gross rent is $2,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603802?
11.0% of residents in tract 06037603802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,941.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 85th, minority 90th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 06037603802 considered part of Bridgedale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603802 fall within Bridgedale (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037603802 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037603802 compare to Torrance overall?
Tract 06037603802 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of Torrance at 7.6/10. 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 06037603802 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. 99% 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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