Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Whittier Narrows Eviction Risk: High , South El Monte
Tract 06037434100 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,102 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 8.5/10, tract 06037434100 in the Whittier Narrows area of South El Monte, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,102 residents. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,583
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$77,992
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South El Monte and the region
Centroid at 34.0505, -118.0507 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whittier Narrows scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South El Monte
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,771 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from South El Monte
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South El Monte
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from South El Monte
8.8
How Whittier Narrows compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 1%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
Within Whittier Narrows. 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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.8%Food insecurity
- 28.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 21.3%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whittier Narrows
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.8/10.
Food insecurity runs 33.8% against 17.8% nationally. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Housing insecurity runs 25.4% against 14.2% nationally.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Los Angeles. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, 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 hotter. 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 06037434100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037434100?
Census tract 06037434100 in the Whittier Narrows neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037434100?
Median gross rent is $1,771/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037434100?
15.1% of residents in tract 06037434100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,102.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037434100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 73th, minority 96th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 06037434100 considered part of Whittier Narrows?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037434100 fall within Whittier Narrows (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037434100 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037434100 compare to South El Monte overall?
Tract 06037434100 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of South El Monte at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South El Monte; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037434100 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 South El Monte
Top eight tracts in South El Monte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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