Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally

Strawberry Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gardena

Tract 06037603705 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 2,824 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 06037603705 covers the Strawberry Park area of Gardena in California. Home to 2,824 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 81st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 67% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,816 a month against an average household income of $75,565 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.7

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 22% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units909

Renter share65.3%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$75,565

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gardena and the region

Centroid at 33.9001, -118.3317 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strawberry Park scores 6.7

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

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,816 rent vs county FMR

1.9

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: 69

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

59%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
66%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
70%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.

20.9%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
21.7%Food insecurity
19.7%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
28.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strawberry Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 about the same as 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 Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 69th 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 20.9% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06037603705

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037603705?

Census tract 06037603705 in the Strawberry Park neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 06037603705?

Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037603705?

7.4% of residents in tract 06037603705 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,824.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037603705?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 52th, minority 94th, housing 66th.

Is tract 06037603705 considered part of Strawberry Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037603705 fall within Strawberry Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06037603705 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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.

How does tract 06037603705 compare to Gardena overall?

Tract 06037603705 scores 6.7/10, 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 06037603705 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. 70% 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.