Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Thornton Park Eviction Risk: High , Santa Ana

Tract 06059074701 · Orange, CA · pop 7,168 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 8.3/10, tract 06059074701 in the Thornton Park area of Santa Ana, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,168. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 19% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units1,410

Renter share34.9%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate5.2%

Median income$101,800

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Ana and the region

Centroid at 33.7309, -117.8955 · click any tract to drill in

Why Thornton Park scores 8.3

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

5.2% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,701 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 Thornton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

69%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

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.

25.1%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
30.4%Food insecurity
22.4%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
24.5%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
35.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Thornton Park

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Food insecurity runs 30.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Against the Orange County average of 7.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,701, 18% below the Santa Ana average.

Cost burden runs 46% here against 51.8% across Orange County. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

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 20% of average household income of $101,800.

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 06059074701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059074701?

Census tract 06059074701 in the Thornton Park neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06059074701?

Median gross rent is $1,701/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059074701?

5.2% of residents in tract 06059074701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,168.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059074701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 54th, minority 98th, housing 53th.

Is tract 06059074701 considered part of Thornton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059074701 fall within Thornton Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06059074701 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.1% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06059074701 compare to Santa Ana overall?

Tract 06059074701 scores 8.3/10, lower 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.