Old Town Placentia Eviction Risk: High , Fullerton
Tract 06059011720 ·
Orange, CA · pop 5,736 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
06059011720 is a census tract in the Old Town Placentia area of Placentia, CA. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. 41% 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
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58%Stable renters 21%Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,564
Renter share78.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$64,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#5 of 9 tracts In Old Town Placentia
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 11 tracts In Fullerton
Very High
Within county
79th percentile
#132 of 613 tracts In Orange
High
Within state
66th percentile
#3,143 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fullerton and the region
Centroid at 33.8580, -117.8750 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town Placentia scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fullerton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$2,061 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fullerton
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fullerton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fullerton
6.5
How Old Town Placentia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
91%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Town Placentia. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
29.6%Housing insecurity
14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
36.4%Food insecurity
31.1%SNAP enrollment
17.3%Transit barriers
24.9%No health insurance
20.9%Frequent mental distress
37.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town Placentia
Cost burden runs 74% here against 51.8% across Orange County. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $64,531, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Food insecurity runs 36.4% against 17.8% nationally.
This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.3/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 24.9% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Against the Orange County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $2,061 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Placentia commands.
Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06059011720
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059011720?
Census tract 06059011720 in the Old Town Placentia neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 06059011720?
Median gross rent is $2,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06059011720?
20.4% of residents in tract 06059011720 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06059011720?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 86th, minority 95th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 06059011720 considered part of Old Town Placentia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059011720 fall within Old Town Placentia (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06059011720 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.6% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06059011720 compare to Fullerton overall?
Tract 06059011720 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fullerton at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fullerton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fullerton
Top eight tracts in Fullerton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.