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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Friendly Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Whittier

Tract 06037503402 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,860 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 06037503402 in the Friendly Hills area of Whittier, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 13% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,279
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$98,016

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Friendly Hills
Very High
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 20 tracts In Whittier
Moderate
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,071 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#6,120 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whittier and the region

Centroid at 33.9418, -118.0008 · click any tract to drill in

Why Friendly Hills scores 6.5

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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,135 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Friendly Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Friendly Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 503402Whittier: 7.47.4Whittierparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Friendly Hills. 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 Friendly Hills

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. It sits 1.9 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Average gross rent is $2,135, 12% above the Whittier average.

On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 55% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $98,016. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06037503402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037503402?

Census tract 06037503402 in the Friendly Hills neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 06037503402?

Median gross rent is $2,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037503402?

6.8% of residents in tract 06037503402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,860.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037503402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 60th, minority 80th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 06037503402 considered part of Friendly Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037503402 fall within Friendly Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037503402 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037503402 compare to Whittier overall?

Tract 06037503402 scores 6.5/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Whittier

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

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