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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Huntington Park

Tract 06037535605 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,546 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Census tract 06037535605 belongs to Walnut Park in Huntington Park, California. It is home to 4,546 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 66% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,322 a month against an average household income of $70,108 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 43% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,170
Renter share67.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$70,108

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 22 tracts In Walnut Park
Very Low
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 21 tracts In Huntington Park
Low
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,189 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,277 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Park and the region

Centroid at 33.9488, -118.2165 · click any tract to drill in

Why Walnut Park scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,322 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntington Park
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntington Park
7.0

How Walnut Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Walnut Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 535605Huntington Park: 8.88.8Huntington Parkparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg 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: 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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Huntington Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 24.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 85th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037535605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037535605?

Census tract 06037535605 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 06037535605?

Median gross rent is $1,322/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037535605?

8.5% of residents in tract 06037535605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,546.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037535605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 88th, minority 98th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 06037535605 considered part of Walnut Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037535605 fall within Walnut Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037535605 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037535605 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037535605 scores 6.9/10, lower than the parent city of Huntington Park at 8.8/10. 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 06037535605 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 Huntington Park

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

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