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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Brea Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06059001503 · Orange, CA · pop 5,329 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 7.9/10, tract 06059001503 in the Downtown Brea area of Brea, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 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
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 10% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,773
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$97,748

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Downtown Brea
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Brea
Very High
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 613 tracts In Orange
Elevated
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#3,732 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brea and the region

Centroid at 33.9154, -117.9082 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Brea scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brea
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$2,151 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brea
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brea
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brea
5.4

How Downtown Brea compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Brea risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.9This tracttract 0015036.9Breaparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Brea. 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 Downtown Brea

Against Orange County at 51.8%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.1/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Against the Orange County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7/10.

Average gross rent is $2,151, 10% below the Brea average. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $97,748. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06059001503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059001503?

Census tract 06059001503 in the Downtown Brea neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 06059001503?

Median gross rent is $2,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059001503?

16.1% of residents in tract 06059001503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,329.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059001503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 59th, minority 72th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 06059001503 considered part of Downtown Brea?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059001503 fall within Downtown Brea (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059001503 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059001503 compare to Brea overall?

Tract 06059001503 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Brea at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brea

Top eight tracts in Brea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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