Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally
Lawndale Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06037603902 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,211
How risky is Lawndale for landlords? Census tract 06037603902 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,958 monthly, set against $74,531 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$74,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawndale and the region
Centroid at 33.8915, -118.3566 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawndale scores 6.8
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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,958 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 100%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.
- 24.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.4%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 18.1%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawndale
What moves this score most 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 in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037603902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603902?
Census tract 06037603902 in Lawndale scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037603902?
Median gross rent is $1,958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603902?
7.3% of residents in tract 06037603902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 36th, minority 89th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06037603902 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.2% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06037603902 compare to Lawndale overall?
Tract 06037603902 scores 6.8/10, 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 06037603902 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. 100% 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.
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Top eight tracts in Lawndale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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