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Thornton Park Eviction Risk: High , Santa Ana

Tract 06059074106 · Orange, CA · pop 6,396 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 9.1/10, tract 06059074106 in the Thornton Park area of Santa Ana, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,396. Against the Orange County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 32% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,985
Renter share58.6%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$91,525

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Thornton Park
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 53 tracts In Santa Ana
Moderate
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#43 of 613 tracts In Orange
Very High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,681 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Ana and the region

Centroid at 33.7056, -117.9143 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thornton Park scores 9.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Santa Ana
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$2,236 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Ana
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Ana
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Ana
7.5

How Thornton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Thornton Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.1This tracttract 0741068.6Santa Anaparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Thornton Park. 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 Thornton Park

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Against Orange County at 51.8%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $2,236, close to the Santa Ana average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $91,525.

59% 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 06059074106

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059074106?

Census tract 06059074106 in the Thornton Park neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 06059074106?

Median gross rent is $2,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059074106?

10.4% of residents in tract 06059074106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,396.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059074106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 34th, minority 87th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 06059074106 considered part of Thornton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059074106 fall within Thornton Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059074106 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.4% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059074106 compare to Santa Ana overall?

Tract 06059074106 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Ana at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Ana eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Ana

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

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