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Koreatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Garden Grove

Tract 06059088203 · Orange, CA · pop 4,671 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

How risky is Koreatown in Garden Grove for landlords? Census tract 06059088203 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 62% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,767 a month while the average household earns $87,188 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 37% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,461
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$87,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 12 tracts In Koreatown
Very Low
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 33 tracts In Garden Grove
Moderate
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 613 tracts In Orange
High
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#4,126 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.7849, -117.9586 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koreatown scores 5.8

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,767 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garden Grove
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garden Grove
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garden Grove
7.1

How Koreatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Koreatown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 088203Garden Grove: 8.08.0Garden Groveparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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 8.9/10. 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 below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 88th 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 13.5% 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 06059088203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059088203?

Census tract 06059088203 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 06059088203?

Median gross rent is $1,767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059088203?

10.7% of residents in tract 06059088203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,671.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059088203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 94th, minority 90th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 06059088203 considered part of Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059088203 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059088203 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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 06059088203 compare to Garden Grove overall?

Tract 06059088203 scores 5.8/10, 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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