Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: High , Gardena

Tract 06037602602 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,839 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 8.1/10, tract 06037602602 in the Strawberry Park area of Gardena, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,839 residents. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

8.1

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 16% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,050

Renter share48.9%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate11.3%

Median income$67,174

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.9074, -118.3219 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 8.1

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

11.3% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,824 rent vs county FMR

1.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gardena

7.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gardena

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gardena

6.6

How Strawberry Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

60%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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.

19.7%Housing insecurity
9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
22.0%Food insecurity
21.7%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
33.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Cost burden runs 68% here against 53.8% across Los Angeles County.

Set annual rent against average income of $67,174 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.

That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Los Angeles County average of 8.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,824, close to the Gardena average.

49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037602602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037602602?

Census tract 06037602602 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 06037602602?

Median gross rent is $1,824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037602602?

11.3% of residents in tract 06037602602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,839.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037602602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 98th, minority 94th, housing 78th.

Is tract 06037602602 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037602602 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037602602 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.7% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037602602 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037602602 scores 8.1/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gardena

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