Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Rancho Santa Margarita Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06059032054 · Orange, CA · pop 5,073
Census tract 06059032054 covers part of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,073. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,282
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$106,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rancho Santa Margarita and the region
Centroid at 33.6388, -117.5953 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rancho Santa Margarita scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rancho Santa Margarita
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,300 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rancho Santa Margarita
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rancho Santa Margarita
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rancho Santa Margarita
5.7
How Rancho Santa Margarita compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rancho Santa Margarita
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.3/10. Against Orange County at 51.8%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.
At $2,300 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Rancho Santa Margarita commands. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Rancho Santa Margarita as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Orange County average of 7.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $106,130.
51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06059032054
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059032054?
Census tract 06059032054 in Rancho Santa Margarita scores 7.1/10 (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 06059032054?
Median gross rent is $2,300/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06059032054?
14.0% of residents in tract 06059032054 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,073.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06059032054?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 79th, minority 65th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06059032054 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06059032054 compare to Rancho Santa Margarita overall?
Tract 06059032054 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Rancho Santa Margarita at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rancho Santa Margarita; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rancho Santa Margarita
Top eight tracts in Rancho Santa Margarita ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Robinson Ranch
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Robinson Ranch
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Robinson Ranch
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Portola Hills
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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06059032043
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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