Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: High , Gardena

Tract 06037602506 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 4,135 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 06037602506 covers part of the Strawberry Park area of Hawthorne, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 47% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units1,743

Renter share89.6%

SVI overall0.95

Poverty rate27.4%

Median income$60,574

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.9074, -118.3308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gardena

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

27.4% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$1,736 rent vs county FMR

1.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gardena

8.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gardena

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gardena

7.6

How Strawberry Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

88%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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
96%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 Strawberry Park. 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.

28.5%Housing insecurity
15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
33.0%Food insecurity
34.3%SNAP enrollment
16.6%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
20.6%Frequent mental distress
35.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. 90% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

SNAP participation runs 34.3% against 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $60,574, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

Housing insecurity runs 28.5% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the Los Angeles County average of 8.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10.

Against Los Angeles County at 53.8%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037602506

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602506?

Census tract 06037602506 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06037602506?

Median gross rent is $1,736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602506?

27.4% of residents in tract 06037602506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,135.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602506?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 86th, minority 96th, housing 91th.

Is tract 06037602506 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602506 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037602506 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.5% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602506 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037602506 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Gardena at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardena; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 06037602506 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. 96% 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 Gardena

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