Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Compton
Tract 06037540800 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 5,671 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Willowbrook in Compton is where census tract 06037540800 sits, home to 5,671 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.1/10. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,395 monthly, set against $75,219 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,505
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$75,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Compton and the region
Centroid at 33.9201, -118.2555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willowbrook scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Compton
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,395 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Compton
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Compton
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Compton
7.2
How Willowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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 Willowbrook. 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.
- 26.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.1/10. 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 Compton, 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 in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 88th 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 06037540800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037540800?
Census tract 06037540800 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 06037540800?
Median gross rent is $1,395/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037540800?
12.8% of residents in tract 06037540800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037540800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 83th, minority 98th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 06037540800 considered part of Willowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037540800 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037540800 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.9% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037540800 compare to Compton overall?
Tract 06037540800 scores 6.7/10, lower than the parent city of Compton at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Compton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 06037540800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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 Compton
Top eight tracts in Compton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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