Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Garden Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06059088201 · Orange, CA · pop 3,737

Census tract 06059088201 belongs to Garden Grove, California. It is home to 3,737 residents and scores 6.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,195 a month against an average household income of $89,922 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 21% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,007

Renter share47.2%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate20.8%

Median income$89,922

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.7958, -117.9631 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden Grove scores 6.5

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

20.8% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$2,195 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Garden Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

88%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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.

18.0%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
25.7%Food insecurity
21.5%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
13.4%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garden Grove

The score leans hardest on 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 18.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 93rd 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 06059088201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059088201?

Census tract 06059088201 in Garden Grove scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06059088201?

Median gross rent is $2,195/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059088201?

20.8% of residents in tract 06059088201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,737.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059088201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 63th, minority 87th, housing 95th.

What share of households in tract 06059088201 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.0% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06059088201 compare to Garden Grove overall?

Tract 06059088201 scores 6.5/10, 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.