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

Cerritos Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06037554521 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 6,149

Cerritos in Los Angeles County is where census tract 06037554521 sits, home to 6,149 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,439 monthly, set against $121,313 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 13% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,951

Renter share31.0%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$121,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cerritos and the region

Centroid at 33.8721, -118.1001 · 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

3.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,439 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

27%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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
2%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

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.

8.6%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.4%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
11.6%Frequent mental distress
25.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cerritos

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. 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 Cerritos, 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 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037554521

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037554521?

Census tract 06037554521 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06037554521?

Median gross rent is $2,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037554521?

3.2% of residents in tract 06037554521 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,149.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037554521?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 88th, minority 84th, housing 59th.

What share of households in tract 06037554521 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037554521 compare to Cerritos overall?

Tract 06037554521 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.

Was tract 06037554521 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. 2% 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 Cerritos

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