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Sunset Beach Eviction Risk: Moderate , Huntington Beach

Tract 06059099416 · Orange, CA · pop 6,188 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 06059099416 covers the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach in California. Home to 6,188 residents, it scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,473 a month against an average household income of $99,718 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 46% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units2,371

Renter share77.3%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$99,718

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.7189, -118.0459 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Beach scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Huntington Beach

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.5

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$2,473 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Huntington Beach

6.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Huntington Beach

8.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Huntington Beach

5.5

How Sunset Beach compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

51%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunset Beach. 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.

11.5%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
12.0%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
24.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Beach

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Huntington Beach eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 32nd 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 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% 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 06059099416

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059099416?

Census tract 06059099416 in the Sunset Beach neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06059099416?

Median gross rent is $2,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059099416?

7.4% of residents in tract 06059099416 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,188.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059099416?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 4th, minority 62th, housing 43th.

Is tract 06059099416 considered part of Sunset Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059099416 fall within Sunset Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06059099416 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06059099416 compare to Huntington Beach overall?

Tract 06059099416 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Huntington Beach at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntington Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Huntington Beach

Top eight tracts in Huntington Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.