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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Wilshire Square Eviction Risk: High , Santa Ana

Tract 06059074601 · Orange, CA · pop 7,640 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

06059074601 is a census tract in the Wilshire Square area of Santa Ana, CA. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,640 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 28% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,849
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$108,715

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wilshire Square
Moderate
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 53 tracts In Santa Ana
Very Low
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#128 of 613 tracts In Orange
High
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#2,744 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Ana and the region

Centroid at 33.7343, -117.8713 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilshire Square scores 8.4

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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,686 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Wilshire Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wilshire Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.4This tracttract 0746018.6Santa Anaparent city7.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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 Wilshire Square

The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.

Against Orange County at 51.8%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Orange County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. Average gross rent is $1,686, 19% below the Santa Ana average. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.4% against 11.3% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $108,715. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06059074601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059074601?

Census tract 06059074601 in the Wilshire Square neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (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 06059074601?

Median gross rent is $1,686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059074601?

8.2% of residents in tract 06059074601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,640.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059074601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 35th, minority 91th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 06059074601 considered part of Wilshire Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059074601 fall within Wilshire Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059074601 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.0% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059074601 compare to Santa Ana overall?

Tract 06059074601 scores 8.4/10, right in line with 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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