Within neighborhood
47
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena
Tract 06037602512 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,926 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
How risky is the Strawberry Park neighborhood of Gardena for landlords? Census tract 06037602512 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,856 monthly, set against $69,489 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units583
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$69,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardena and the region
Centroid at 33.9111, -118.3306 · click any tract to drill in
Why Strawberry Park scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardena
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,856 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardena
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardena
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardena
5.0
How Strawberry Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 22.9%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Gardena, 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 in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 64th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 06037602512
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602512?
Census tract 06037602512 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06037602512?
Median gross rent is $1,856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602512?
18.5% of residents in tract 06037602512 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,926.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602512?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 91th, minority 95th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 06037602512 considered part of Strawberry Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602512 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06037602512 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06037602512 compare to Gardena overall?
Tract 06037602512 scores 6.4/10, lower than the parent city of Gardena at 8.1/10. 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.
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