Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,663 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bell
Tract 06037533806 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,791 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
How risky is the Walker neighborhood of Bell for landlords? Census tract 06037533806 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,731 a month while the average household earns $70,370 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units880
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$70,370
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bell and the region
Centroid at 33.9705, -118.1706 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 7.7
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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,731 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 9%Grade B
- 13%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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.4%Food insecurity
- 30.6%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 24.7%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%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 about the same as 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 29.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.3% 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 06037533806
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037533806?
Census tract 06037533806 in the Walker neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 06037533806?
Median gross rent is $1,731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037533806?
16.4% of residents in tract 06037533806 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,791.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037533806?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 47th, minority 93th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 06037533806 considered part of Walker?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037533806 fall within Walker (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037533806 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037533806 compare to Bell overall?
Tract 06037533806 scores 7.7/10, lower 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 06037533806 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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