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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Koreatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Garden Grove

Tract 06059088802 · Orange, CA · pop 5,655 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is Koreatown in Garden Grove for landlords? Census tract 06059088802 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,094 a month while the average household earns $74,315 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 15% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,480
Renter share50.7%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$74,315

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 12 tracts In Koreatown
Moderate
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#7 of 33 tracts In Garden Grove
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 613 tracts In Orange
High
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#3,224 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.7656, -117.9804 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koreatown scores 6.3

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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$2,094 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 6.36.3This tracttract 088802Garden Grove: 8.08.0Garden Groveparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

The heaviest input here 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 above 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th 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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06059088802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059088802?

Census tract 06059088802 in the Koreatown neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 06059088802?

Median gross rent is $2,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059088802?

12.9% of residents in tract 06059088802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,655.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059088802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 80th, minority 89th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 06059088802 considered part of Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059088802 fall within Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059088802 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.4% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059088802 compare to Garden Grove overall?

Tract 06059088802 scores 6.3/10, 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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