Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

El Monte Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06037432401 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,951

Census tract 06037432401 covers part of El Monte, CA, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,951 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 30% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units1,053

Renter share56.0%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate12.6%

Median income$79,140

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across El Monte and the region

Centroid at 34.0910, -118.0230 · click any tract to drill in

Why El Monte scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from El Monte

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

12.6% poverty · this tract

3.2

Supply constraint

$1,949 rent vs county FMR

2.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from El Monte

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from El Monte

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from El Monte

7.9

How El Monte compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

71%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
68%Grade C
0%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.

20.4%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
29.1%Food insecurity
24.1%SNAP enrollment
12.6%Transit barriers
15.1%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
35.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in El Monte

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.9/10.

Cost burden runs 47% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. Food insecurity runs 29.1% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 24.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,949 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of El Monte commands. 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.

Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037432401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037432401?

Census tract 06037432401 in El Monte scores 8.3/10 (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 06037432401?

Median gross rent is $1,949/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037432401?

12.6% of residents in tract 06037432401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,951.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037432401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 63th, minority 96th, housing 85th.

What share of households in tract 06037432401 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037432401 compare to El Monte overall?

Tract 06037432401 scores 8.3/10, right in line with the parent city of El Monte at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from El Monte; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037432401 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. 0% 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 El Monte

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