Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Cerritos Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06037554512 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,739

For landlords sizing up Cerritos, census tract 06037554512 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,221 a month against an average household income of $173,063 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 22% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,280
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$173,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 11 tracts In Cerritos
Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#2,455 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Very Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#8,303 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,660 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cerritos and the region

Centroid at 33.8768, -118.0552 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cerritos scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cerritos
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$3,221 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cerritos
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cerritos
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cerritos
3.8

How Cerritos compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cerritos risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 554512Cerritos: 7.67.6Cerritosparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Cerritos

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cerritos, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.

The tract is predominantly Asian and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037554512

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037554512?

Census tract 06037554512 in Cerritos scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 06037554512?

Median gross rent is $3,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037554512?

5.6% of residents in tract 06037554512 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,739.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037554512?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 64th, minority 90th, housing 37th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06037554512 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.1% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06037554512 compare to Cerritos overall?

Tract 06037554512 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Cerritos at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cerritos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cerritos

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

Related