2 census tracts · pop 9,282 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 3.7–6.3
Lemon Heights is a 2-tract suburb of North Tustin, CA, population 9,282. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. At $3,501 a month, rents sit 42% over what the rest of North Tustin commands.
Scores across the 2 constituent tracts range from 3.7 to 6.3. A 2.6-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
20% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the North Tustin rate of 27.7%. The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 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.
Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 7.1/10. SNAP participation is 5.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
3.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Only 10% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, North Tustin and Browning Station score within a fraction of it.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $209,276.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lemon Heights vs North TustinHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lemon Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.5%Housing insecurity
3.5%Utility shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
3.8%No health insurance
22.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lemon Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lemon Heights?
Lemon Heights scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Lemon Heights compare to North Tustin overall?
Lemon Heights scores 0.2 points lower than North Tustin overall (4.8/10). Renters spend 20% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $3,501 vs $2,462.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lemon Heights?
Average gross rent in Lemon Heights is $3,501/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lemon Heights residents are renters?
10% of Lemon Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 13% in North Tustin). The neighborhood has 9,282 residents.
Q5
Is Lemon Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Lemon Heights sits in the 10th 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
Which tracts in Lemon Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lemon Heights is census tract 06059052419 (score 6.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 6.3, a spread of 2.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Lemon Heights for landlords?
Lemon Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to North Tustin as a whole (4.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Lemon Heights?
Lemon Heights has 9,323 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (27.9%), Hispanic / Latino (14.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.