12 census tracts · pop 67,987 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.5/10
· range 7.6–8.9
Koreatown spans 12 census tracts of Garden Grove, CA and houses 67,987 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.5/10, High tier. Cost burden runs 60% against 35.2% citywide, putting Koreatown 25.0% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.6 to 8.9, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,933, close to the Garden Grove average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $79,606.
54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 8.5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.5
High
12 tracts · population-weighted
Koreatown vs Garden GroveHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport90%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Koreatown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.5%Housing insecurity
7.8%Utility shutoff threat
24.1%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
12.2%No health insurance
31.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Koreatown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Koreatown?
Koreatown scores 8.5/10 (High tier) across 12 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 Koreatown compare to Garden Grove overall?
Koreatown scores 1.2 points higher than Garden Grove overall (7.3/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,933 vs $2,012.
Q3
What is the average rent in Koreatown?
Average gross rent in Koreatown is $1,933/month (pop-weighted across 12 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Koreatown residents are renters?
54% of Koreatown households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in Garden Grove). The neighborhood has 67,987 residents.
Q5
Is Koreatown a high social-vulnerability area?
Koreatown sits in the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Koreatown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Koreatown is census tract 06059087902 (score 8.9/10). Across the 12 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.6 to 8.9, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Koreatown for landlords?
Koreatown carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.5/10). Pop-weighted across 12 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Garden Grove as a whole (7.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Koreatown?
Koreatown has 67,623 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (49.1%), Hispanic / Latino (32.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (13%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
