Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally
Lawndale Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06037603801 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,827
Tract 06037603801 sits in Lawndale, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,522
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$75,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawndale and the region
Centroid at 33.8985, -118.3481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawndale scores 9.5
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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,709 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 88%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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.6%Food insecurity
- 28.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 15.6%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawndale
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 30.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 25.4% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,709, 12% below the Lawndale average. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037603801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603801?
Census tract 06037603801 in Lawndale scores 9.5/10 (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 06037603801?
Median gross rent is $1,709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603801?
18.6% of residents in tract 06037603801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 41th, minority 88th, housing 98th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037603801 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037603801 compare to Lawndale overall?
Tract 06037603801 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lawndale at 8.6/10. 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 06037603801 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. 88% 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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