Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Placentia Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06059021821 · Orange, CA · pop 7,744 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Placentia

Tract 06059021821, home to 7,744 residents in Placentia, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,456 monthly, set against $114,333 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 21% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units2,576

Renter share52.1%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$114,333

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Placentia and the region

Centroid at 33.8683, -117.8310 · click any tract to drill in

Why Placentia scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Placentia

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$2,456 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Placentia

8.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Placentia

7.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Placentia

6.5

How Placentia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

32%Socioeconomic
25%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
7.5%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
23.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Placentia

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Placentia, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Orange County average of 5.7 and in line with the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 49th 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06059021821

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059021821?

Census tract 06059021821 in Placentia scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 06059021821?

Median gross rent is $2,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059021821?

5.4% of residents in tract 06059021821 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,744.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059021821?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 25th, minority 73th, housing 77th.

What share of households in tract 06059021821 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06059021821 compare to Placentia overall?

Tract 06059021821 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Placentia at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Placentia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Placentia

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