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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Willowbrook Eviction Risk: High , Compton

Tract 06037541603 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,957 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06037541603 sits in the Willowbrook area of Compton, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.8/10. Population here is 2,957. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 32% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units701
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$69,297

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 11 tracts In Willowbrook
Elevated
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 23 tracts In Compton
Elevated
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,216 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Moderate
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Compton and the region

Centroid at 33.9140, -118.2207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowbrook scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Compton
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Compton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Compton
7.9

How Willowbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.88.8This tracttract 541603Compton: 7.87.8Comptonparent cityCounty: 8.48.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 7.57.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook

Food insecurity runs 37.7% against 17.8% nationally. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,295, 22% below the Compton average. Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 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. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037541603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037541603?

Census tract 06037541603 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 06037541603?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037541603?

18.1% of residents in tract 06037541603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,957.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037541603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 77th, minority 99th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 06037541603 considered part of Willowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037541603 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037541603 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.9% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037541603 compare to Compton overall?

Tract 06037541603 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Compton at 7.8/10. 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 06037541603 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. 8% 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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