4 census tracts · pop 19,501 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10
· range 5.8–7.1
Fountain Plaza spans 4 census tracts of Fountain Valley, CA and houses 19,501 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 59% against 38.8% citywide, putting Fountain Plaza 20.6% over its own city.
24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $3,259, 24% above the Fountain Valley average of $2,631. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.8 to 7.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. The voucher gap is 12.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 5.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Concord Place and Tiburon score within a fraction of it.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $132,287.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Fountain Plaza vs Fountain ValleyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fountain Plaza
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.1%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility shutoff threat
10.0%Food insecurity
8.0%SNAP enrollment
5.2%No health insurance
26.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fountain Plaza
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fountain Plaza?
Fountain Plaza scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fountain Plaza compare to Fountain Valley overall?
Fountain Plaza scores 0.7 points lower than Fountain Valley overall (6.9/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 39% citywide. Average rent: $3,259 vs $2,631.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fountain Plaza?
Average gross rent in Fountain Plaza is $3,259/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fountain Plaza residents are renters?
14% of Fountain Plaza households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Fountain Valley). The neighborhood has 19,501 residents.
Q5
Is Fountain Plaza a high social-vulnerability area?
Fountain Plaza sits in the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fountain Plaza have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fountain Plaza is census tract 06059099230 (score 7.1/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.8 to 7.1, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Fountain Plaza for landlords?
Fountain Plaza carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fountain Valley as a whole (6.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fountain Plaza?
Fountain Plaza has 19,541 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.3%), Hispanic / Latino (14%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
