Census Tract · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Whittier Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037501504 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,395

Census tract 06037501504 covers part of Whittier, CA, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. 88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Risk score

8.8

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 40% Owners 12%

Tract context

Occupied units1,420

Renter share88.3%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate19.4%

Median income$50,685

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Whittier and the region

Centroid at 33.9793, -118.0370 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whittier scores 8.8

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

19.4% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$1,579 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

74%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
24%Grade C
20%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.

23.6%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
30.3%Food insecurity
28.6%SNAP enrollment
14.2%Transit barriers
18.6%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
40.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whittier

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $50,685 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.3/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.3% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,579, 17% below the Whittier average. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.6% against 11.3% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037501504

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037501504?

Census tract 06037501504 in Whittier scores 8.8/10 (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 06037501504?

Median gross rent is $1,579/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037501504?

19.4% of residents in tract 06037501504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,395.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037501504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 90th, minority 86th, housing 100th.

What share of households in tract 06037501504 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037501504 compare to Whittier overall?

Tract 06037501504 scores 8.8/10, 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 06037501504 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 20% 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.