Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Bixby Knolls Eviction Risk: Elevated , Long Beach

Tract 06037571505 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,229 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

For landlords sizing up Bixby Knolls in Long Beach, census tract 06037571505 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,962 monthly, set against $93,720 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 25% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units953

Renter share48.3%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate10.0%

Median income$93,720

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Long Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.8472, -118.1724 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bixby Knolls scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Long Beach

8.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

10.0% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,962 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Long Beach

9.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

8.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Long Beach

8.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Long Beach

8.5

How Bixby Knolls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

69%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
29%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
5%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 Bixby Knolls. 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.

16.4%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
18.6%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
10.3%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
28.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bixby Knolls

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $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 Long Beach eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Los Angeles County average of 6.5 and above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 06037571505

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037571505?

Census tract 06037571505 in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037571505?

Median gross rent is $1,962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037571505?

10.0% of residents in tract 06037571505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,229.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037571505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 59th, minority 87th, housing 29th.

Is tract 06037571505 considered part of Bixby Knolls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037571505 fall within Bixby Knolls (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037571505 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.4% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037571505 compare to Long Beach overall?

Tract 06037571505 scores 6.8/10, lower than the parent city of Long Beach at 9.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Long Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037571505 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. 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.

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