Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Cerritos Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06037554522 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,979

The Moderate-tier score of 4.5/10 for census tract 06037554522 reflects conditions in Cerritos in Los Angeles County, California. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 16% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,014 a month against an average household income of $130,388 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 15% Owners 82%

Tract context

Occupied units1,511

Renter share17.8%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$130,388

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cerritos and the region

Centroid at 33.8523, -118.0932 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cerritos scores 3

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

$3,014 rent vs county FMR

6.5

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: 27

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

24%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
13%Housing & transportation

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.

8.2%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
11.2%Frequent mental distress
24.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cerritos

What moves this score most 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 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 27th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037554522

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037554522?

Census tract 06037554522 in Cerritos scores 3/10 (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 06037554522?

Median gross rent is $3,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037554522?

3.2% of residents in tract 06037554522 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,979.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037554522?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 52th, minority 88th, housing 13th.

What share of households in tract 06037554522 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037554522 compare to Cerritos overall?

Tract 06037554522 scores 3/10, 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.