Mission Viejo Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against Orange County at 51.8%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.

It sits 1.6 points below the Orange County average of 7.0. Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,575, 9% below the Mission Viejo average.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $141,563.

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