Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Walnut Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Huntington Park

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

Tract 06037535605 sits in the Walnut Park area of South Gate, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10. Cost burden runs around a third here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

Risk score

7.9

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.

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 7.9

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

90%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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
97%Grade B
3%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.

24.7%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
28.3%Food insecurity
21.0%SNAP enrollment
12.8%Transit barriers
21.8%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
34.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Walnut Park

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 21.8% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

At $1,322 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of South Gate commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037535605

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

Census tract 06037535605 in the Walnut Park neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 06037535605 compare to Huntington Park overall?

Tract 06037535605 scores 7.9/10, 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.

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.