Within neighborhood
95
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #237 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: High , Bell
Tract 06037533803 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,775 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Walker area of Bell, census tract 06037533803 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 95% of US census tracts.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,648 a month while the average household earns $48,000 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
9.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate32.0%
Median income$48,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bell and the region
Centroid at 33.9748, -118.1840 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 9.2
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
32.0% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,648 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 61%Grade B
- 27%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.
- 33.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.0%Food insecurity
- 40.6%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 26.5%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 43.9%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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 06037533803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533803?
Census tract 06037533803 in the Walker neighborhood scores 9.2/10 (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 06037533803?
Median gross rent is $1,648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533803?
32.0% of residents in tract 06037533803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,775.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 87th, minority 87th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 06037533803 considered part of Walker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533803 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037533803 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.0% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037533803 compare to Bell overall?
Tract 06037533803 scores 9.2/10, 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 06037533803 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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