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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Koreatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Garden Grove

Tract 06059088106 · Orange, CA · pop 5,184 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06059088106 covers the Koreatown area of Garden Grove, home to 5,184 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,830 monthly, set against $83,083 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 17% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,962
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$83,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 12 tracts In Koreatown
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In Garden Grove
Very Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#171 of 613 tracts In Orange
Elevated
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#4,697 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.7775, -117.9915 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koreatown scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Garden Grove
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,830 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garden Grove
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garden Grove
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garden Grove
7.2

How Koreatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Koreatown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 088106Garden Grove: 8.08.0Garden Groveparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Koreatown. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Koreatown

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Garden Grove eviction risk, 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 Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% 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 06059088106

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059088106?

Census tract 06059088106 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 06059088106?

Median gross rent is $1,830/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059088106?

6.2% of residents in tract 06059088106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,184.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059088106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 45th, minority 88th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 06059088106 considered part of Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059088106 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059088106 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059088106 compare to Garden Grove overall?

Tract 06059088106 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Garden Grove at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garden Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Garden Grove

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

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