Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena

Tract 06037603500 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,987 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

06037603500 is a census tract in the Strawberry Park area of Gardena, CA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 16% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units886

Renter share33.1%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate11.2%

Median income$87,857

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.8994, -118.3209 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 7.6

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

11.2% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,987 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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: 76

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

62%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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.

16.5%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
16.3%SNAP enrollment
9.7%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
30.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. It sits 0.8 points below the Los Angeles County average of 8.4.

At $1,987 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Gardena commands. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 52% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $87,857. 33% 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 06037603500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603500?

Census tract 06037603500 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 06037603500?

Median gross rent is $1,987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603500?

11.2% of residents in tract 06037603500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,987.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 66th, minority 92th, housing 77th.

Is tract 06037603500 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603500 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037603500 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06037603500 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037603500 scores 7.6/10, right in line with 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.