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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally

El Nido Eviction Risk: Elevated , Redondo Beach

Tract 06037604002 · Los Angeles, CA · pop 3,819 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06037604002 covers El Nido in Redondo Beach, home to 3,819 residents. For landlords it grades 6.4/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

66% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,012 monthly, set against $77,098 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 24% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,501
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$77,098

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 13 tracts In El Nido
Very High
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Redondo Beach
High
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#898 of 2,495 tracts In Los Angeles
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#1,573 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Redondo Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.8766, -118.3569 · click any tract to drill in

Why El Nido scores 7.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Redondo Beach
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.2
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$2,012 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Redondo Beach
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Redondo Beach
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Redondo Beach
6.8

How El Nido compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
El Nido risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.47.4This tracttract 604002Redondo Beach: 8.08.0Redondo Beachparent cityCounty: 6.76.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

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.

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 El Nido. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in El Nido

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Redondo Beach, 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 above the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. 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.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 06037604002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06037604002?

Census tract 06037604002 in the El Nido neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06037604002?

Median gross rent is $2,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06037604002?

16.6% of residents in tract 06037604002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,819.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06037604002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 48th, minority 81th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 06037604002 considered part of El Nido?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06037604002 fall within El Nido (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06037604002 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06037604002 compare to Redondo Beach overall?

Tract 06037604002 scores 7.4/10, lower than the parent city of Redondo Beach at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Redondo Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06037604002 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. 100% 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 Redondo Beach

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

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