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Harbor Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Costa Mesa

Tract 06059063302 · Orange, CA · pop 4,055 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 6.9/10, tract 06059063302 in the Harbor Heights area of Costa Mesa, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,055. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 33% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,578

Renter share57.1%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate7.9%

Median income$134,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Costa Mesa and the region

Centroid at 33.6313, -117.9133 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harbor Heights scores 6.9

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

7.9% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$2,770 rent vs county FMR

4.5

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

22%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
11%Housing & transportation

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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
8.6%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harbor Heights

Against Orange County at 51.8%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7/10.

Average gross rent is $2,770, 13% above the Costa Mesa average. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Orange County average of 7.0 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06059063302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059063302?

Census tract 06059063302 in the Harbor Heights neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06059063302?

Median gross rent is $2,770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059063302?

7.9% of residents in tract 06059063302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,055.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059063302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 17th, minority 39th, housing 11th.

Is tract 06059063302 considered part of Harbor Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059063302 fall within Harbor Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06059063302 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06059063302 compare to Costa Mesa overall?

Tract 06059063302 scores 6.9/10, 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.