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Neighborhood · Newport Beach, CA

Pelican Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 6,315 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10 · range 6.6–6.6

Pelican Ridge is a one-tract neighborhood of Newport Beach, CA and houses 6,315 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Cost burden runs 39% against 31.6% citywide, putting Pelican Ridge 7.1% over its own city. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.1/10. The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.8% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

2.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 7.1/10. Among the 14 mapped neighborhoods of Newport Beach, it ranks #5 by risk, the middle third.

At 11% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, North Bluff and The Bluffs score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $3,501, close to the Newport Beach average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $205,511.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 6.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Pelican Ridge vs Newport Beach How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
38.7% +22%
Newport Beach: 31.6%
Average gross rent
$3,501 +6%
Newport Beach: $3,316
Average HH income
$205,511 +30%
Newport Beach: $158,461
Poverty rate
8.5% +16%
Newport Beach: 7.3%
Renter share
11.1% -77%
Newport Beach: 47.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pelican Ridge and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6.6–6.6

Why Pelican Ridge scores 6.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Rent control risk
39% of income on rent · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
11% renter households · Range 8.9–8.9 across tracts
8.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.3–5.3 across tracts
5.3
Economic stress
8.5% below poverty line · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Risk score comparison

Pelican Ridge vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Pelican Ridge score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.6Pelican RidgeNeighborhood7.4Parent cityhost city7.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Pelican Ridge

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06059062643 6.6 6,315 39% $3,501
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 7

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 4%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 57%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 2%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pelican Ridge

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Pelican Ridge

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Pelican Ridge?

Pelican Ridge scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Pelican Ridge compare to Newport Beach overall?

Pelican Ridge scores 0.8 points lower than Newport Beach overall (7.4/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $3,316.
Q3

What is the average rent in Pelican Ridge?

Average gross rent in Pelican Ridge is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Pelican Ridge residents are renters?

11% of Pelican Ridge households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Newport Beach). The neighborhood has 6,315 residents.
Q5

Is Pelican Ridge a high social-vulnerability area?

Pelican Ridge sits in the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Pelican Ridge for landlords?

Pelican Ridge carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Newport Beach as a whole (7.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Pelican Ridge?

Pelican Ridge has 6,756 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22.9%), Hispanic / Latino (5.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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