Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.4%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.6%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Valley
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10.
Against Orange County at 51.8%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,365, 10% below the Fountain Valley average.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Orange County average of 7.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $118,125.
29% 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 06059099224
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059099224?
Census tract 06059099224 in Fountain Valley 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06059099224?
Median gross rent is $2,365/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06059099224?
10.3% of residents in tract 06059099224 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,027.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06059099224?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 38th, minority 75th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06059099224 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06059099224 compare to Fountain Valley overall?
Tract 06059099224 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Fountain Valley at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain Valley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fountain Valley
Top eight tracts in Fountain Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.