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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Harbor Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Costa Mesa

Tract 06059063301 · Orange, CA · pop 3,133 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Harbor Heights in Costa Mesa is where census tract 06059063301 sits, home to 3,133 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,605 monthly, set against $158,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 49% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,533
Renter share70.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$158,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Harbor Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 24 tracts In Costa Mesa
Very Low
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#362 of 613 tracts In Orange
Moderate
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#6,888 of 9,109 tracts In California
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Costa Mesa and the region

Centroid at 33.6369, -117.9170 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harbor Heights scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Costa Mesa
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,605 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Costa Mesa
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Costa Mesa
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Costa Mesa
5.9

How Harbor Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harbor Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 063301Costa Mesa: 7.77.7Costa Mesaparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Harbor Heights. 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 Harbor Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Costa Mesa, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% 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 06059063301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059063301?

Census tract 06059063301 in the Harbor Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 06059063301?

Median gross rent is $2,605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059063301?

5.4% of residents in tract 06059063301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,133.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059063301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 1th, minority 36th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 06059063301 considered part of Harbor Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059063301 fall within Harbor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059063301 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059063301 compare to Costa Mesa overall?

Tract 06059063301 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Costa Mesa at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Costa Mesa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Costa Mesa

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

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