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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

West Whittier Eviction Risk: High , West Whittier-Los Nietos

Tract 06037500900 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,625 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 8.3/10, tract 06037500900 in the West Whittier area of Pico Rivera, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,625. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 13% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,790
Renter share48.6%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$54,531

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In West Whittier
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 15 tracts In West Whittier-Los Nietos
Very High
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#1,564 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Low
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#3,143 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Whittier-Los Nietos and the region

Centroid at 33.9932, -118.0792 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Whittier scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,369 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos
6.6

How West Whittier compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Whittier risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.38.3This tracttract 500900West Whittier-Los : 6.66.6West Whittier-Los parent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Whittier. 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 West Whittier

73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Los Angeles County average of 53.8%. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,369, 23% below the Pico Rivera average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 22.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 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.

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 06037500900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037500900?

Census tract 06037500900 in the West Whittier neighborhood 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037500900?

Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037500900?

18.8% of residents in tract 06037500900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,625.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037500900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 75th, minority 94th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 06037500900 considered part of West Whittier?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037500900 fall within West Whittier (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037500900 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037500900 compare to West Whittier-Los Nietos overall?

Tract 06037500900 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of West Whittier-Los Nietos at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Whittier-Los Nietos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Whittier-Los Nietos

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

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