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Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Mission Viejo Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06059032039 · Orange, CA · pop 6,266

Census tract 06059032039 covers Mission Viejo in Orange County, home to 6,266 residents. For landlords it grades 5.7/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 66% of US census tracts.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,566 a month while the average household earns $115,886 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 13% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,117
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$115,886

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 21 tracts In Mission Viejo
Very High
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#521 of 613 tracts In Orange
Very Low
Within state
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#8,303 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,660 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mission Viejo and the region

Centroid at 33.5764, -117.6492 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mission Viejo scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mission Viejo
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,566 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mission Viejo
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mission Viejo
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mission Viejo
5.7

How Mission Viejo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mission Viejo risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 032039Mission Viejo: 7.77.7Mission Viejoparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mission Viejo

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Mission Viejo, 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06059032039

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059032039?

Census tract 06059032039 in Mission Viejo scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06059032039?

Median gross rent is $2,566/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059032039?

8.5% of residents in tract 06059032039 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,266.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059032039?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 26th, minority 53th, housing 20th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06059032039 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06059032039 compare to Mission Viejo overall?

Tract 06059032039 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Mission Viejo at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mission Viejo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mission Viejo

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

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