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Sunset Beach Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntington Beach

Tract 06059099514 · Orange, CA · pop 5,209 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

For landlords sizing up the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach, census tract 06059099514 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,416 a month while the average household earns $158,286 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 7% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,238
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$158,286

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Sunset Beach
Very Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 44 tracts In Huntington Beach
Very Low
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#488 of 613 tracts In Orange
Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#8,057 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntington Beach and the region

Centroid at 33.7228, -118.0610 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Beach scores 3.3

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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$3,416 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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.
Sunset Beach risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 099514Huntington Beach: 7.87.8Huntington Beachparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Beach

What moves this score most is 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% 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 06059099514

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06059099514?

Census tract 06059099514 in the Sunset Beach neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 06059099514?

Median gross rent is $3,416/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06059099514?

4.3% of residents in tract 06059099514 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,209.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06059099514?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 20th, minority 56th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 06059099514 considered part of Sunset Beach?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06059099514 fall within Sunset Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06059099514 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06059099514 compare to Huntington Beach overall?

Tract 06059099514 scores 3.3/10, 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.

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