Within neighborhood
91
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #342 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell
Tract 06037533603 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,407 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 06037533603 runs through Walker in Bell. With 6,407 residents, it scores 6.9/10 for landlords. It lands near the 94th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,460 monthly, set against $50,036 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 76% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,688
Renter share76.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$50,036
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bell and the region
Centroid at 33.9725, -118.1951 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,460 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell
8.5
How Walker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 99%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 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.
- 34.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.8%Food insecurity
- 42.0%SNAP enrollment
- 20.7%Transit barriers
- 28.7%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 46.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walker
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bell, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 34.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037533603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533603?
Census tract 06037533603 in the Walker neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 06037533603?
Median gross rent is $1,460/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533603?
28.9% of residents in tract 06037533603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 95th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 06037533603 considered part of Walker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533603 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037533603 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.6% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037533603 compare to Bell overall?
Tract 06037533603 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Bell at 8.4/10. 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 06037533603 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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