Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Wilmington Eviction Risk: High , Los Angeles

Tract 06037294520 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,597 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 06037294520 sits in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. Population here is 3,597. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 25% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units896

Renter share65.5%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate17.6%

Median income$56,524

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Angeles and the region

Centroid at 33.7868, -118.2658 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilmington scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

17.6% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,572 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Los Angeles

10.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Los Angeles

9.0

How Wilmington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

94%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
90%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 Wilmington. 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.

29.4%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
35.9%Food insecurity
30.1%SNAP enrollment
16.4%Transit barriers
24.3%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
39.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilmington

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 10/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $56,524 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Housing insecurity runs 29.4% against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation runs 30.1% against 15.2% nationally. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. Average gross rent is $1,572, 19% below the Los Angeles average.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037294520

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037294520?

Census tract 06037294520 in the Wilmington neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06037294520?

Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037294520?

17.6% of residents in tract 06037294520 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,597.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037294520?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 57th, minority 97th, housing 80th.

Is tract 06037294520 considered part of Wilmington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037294520 fall within Wilmington (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037294520 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.4% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037294520 compare to Los Angeles overall?

Tract 06037294520 scores 9.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Los Angeles at 9.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Angeles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037294520 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. 90% 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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