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Census Tract · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Garden Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06059088601 · Orange, CA · pop 7,427

How risky is Garden Grove for landlords? Census tract 06059088601 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #25,569 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,004 a month against an average household income of $82,829 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 32% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,372
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$82,829

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 33 tracts In Garden Grove
Elevated
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#100 of 613 tracts In Orange
High
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#3,404 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
National
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#9,878 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden Grove and the region

Centroid at 33.7738, -117.9442 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden Grove scores 6.2

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
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,004 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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.
Garden Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 088601Garden Grove: 8.08.0Garden Groveparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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 Garden Grove

What moves this score most is 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 about the same as 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.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06059088601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059088601?

Census tract 06059088601 in Garden Grove scores 6.2/10 (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 06059088601?

Median gross rent is $2,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059088601?

14.0% of residents in tract 06059088601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,427.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059088601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 49th, minority 91th, housing 77th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06059088601 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06059088601 compare to Garden Grove overall?

Tract 06059088601 scores 6.2/10, 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.

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