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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell

Tract 06037533402 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,770 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06037533402 in the Walker area of Maywood, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,770. Food insecurity runs 50.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 41% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units991
Renter share79.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$59,886

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 22 tracts In Walker
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Bell
Low
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#641 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bell and the region

Centroid at 33.9899, -118.1952 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walker scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bell
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,267 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell
7.7

How Walker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walker risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.99.9This tracttract 533402Bell: 9.09.0Bellparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

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.

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 Walker. 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 Walker

Housing insecurity runs 39.0% against 14.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

This is renter territory: 80% 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.

The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. At $1,267 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Maywood commands.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. 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.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037533402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533402?

Census tract 06037533402 in the Walker 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06037533402?

Median gross rent is $1,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533402?

24.2% of residents in tract 06037533402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,770.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 79th, minority 99th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 06037533402 considered part of Walker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533402 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037533402 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.0% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037533402 compare to Bell overall?

Tract 06037533402 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bell at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037533402 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 Bell

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

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