Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena

Tract 06037603006 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 1,864 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06037603006 covers the Strawberry Park area of Gardena, home to 1,864 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 62% of US census tracts.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,591 a month while the average household earns $76,563 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 36% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units845

Renter share56.0%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate7.9%

Median income$76,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.8909, -118.3045 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 6.2

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

7.9% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,591 rent vs county FMR

1.1

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: 61

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

51%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
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 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.

14.4%Housing insecurity
6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
19.3%Food insecurity
15.8%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
30.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 61st 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06037603006

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603006?

Census tract 06037603006 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 06037603006?

Median gross rent is $1,591/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603006?

7.9% of residents in tract 06037603006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,864.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 21th, minority 94th, housing 77th.

Is tract 06037603006 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603006 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037603006 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037603006 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037603006 scores 6.2/10, 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.

Was tract 06037603006 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. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gardena

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