Within neighborhood
19
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Walnut Park Eviction Risk: High , Huntington Park
Tract 06037534802 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,649 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 06037534802 sits in the Walnut Park area of Walnut Park, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units624
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$70,203
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region
Centroid at 33.9712, -118.2217 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walnut Park scores 8.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington Park
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington Park
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.8
How Walnut Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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
- 1%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 Walnut Park. 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.
- 29.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.5%Food insecurity
- 29.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 26.6%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10. Housing insecurity runs 29.0% against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation runs 29.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Cost burden runs 63% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County. 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 #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,450, close to the Walnut Park average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $70,203.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06037534802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037534802?
Census tract 06037534802 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 06037534802?
Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037534802?
12.1% of residents in tract 06037534802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037534802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 58th, minority 98th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 06037534802 considered part of Walnut Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037534802 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037534802 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.0% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037534802 compare to Huntington Park overall?
Tract 06037534802 scores 8.2/10, lower than the parent city of Huntington Park at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037534802 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 Huntington Park
Top eight tracts in Huntington Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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