Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally

East Whittier Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037502003 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,633 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 06037502003 sits in the East Whittier area of Whittier, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. Population here is 2,633. The severe-burden share is 47%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

8.2

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 12% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units704

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate18.6%

Median income$78,370

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Whittier and the region

Centroid at 33.9632, -118.0394 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Whittier scores 8.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Whittier

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

4.7

Supply constraint

$1,713 rent vs county FMR

1.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Whittier

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Whittier

8.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Whittier

6.3

How East Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

91%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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
45%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 East Whittier. 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.

27.5%Housing insecurity
12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
33.4%Food insecurity
30.9%SNAP enrollment
15.6%Transit barriers
20.2%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
37.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Whittier

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 30.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.2% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,713 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Whittier commands. 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 #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037502003

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037502003?

Census tract 06037502003 in the East Whittier neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037502003?

Median gross rent is $1,713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037502003?

18.6% of residents in tract 06037502003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,633.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037502003?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 33th, minority 91th, housing 91th.

Is tract 06037502003 considered part of East Whittier?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037502003 fall within East Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037502003 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.5% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037502003 compare to Whittier overall?

Tract 06037502003 scores 8.2/10, higher than the parent city of Whittier at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whittier; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037502003 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. 45% 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 Whittier

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