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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Country Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Brea

Tract 06059021814 · Orange, CA · pop 8,168 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In the Country Hills area of Brea, census tract 06059021814 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 58% of US census tracts.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,456 a month against an average household income of $134,440 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 26% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,832
Renter share44.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$134,440

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Country Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Brea
Low
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#509 of 613 tracts In Orange
Very Low
Within state
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#8,192 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brea and the region

Centroid at 33.9175, -117.8654 · click any tract to drill in

Why Country Hills scores 3.2

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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,456 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Country Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Country Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 021814Brea: 7.87.8Breaparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Country Hills. 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 Country Hills

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 Brea, 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 below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% 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 06059021814

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059021814?

Census tract 06059021814 in the Country Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 06059021814?

Median gross rent is $2,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059021814?

7.3% of residents in tract 06059021814 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,168.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059021814?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 50th, minority 75th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 06059021814 considered part of Country Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059021814 fall within Country Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059021814 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059021814 compare to Brea overall?

Tract 06059021814 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Brea at 7.8/10. 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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