According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate, residents in the City of Anaheim have a median household income of just over $101,145, compared to a median income of more than $115,229 for Orange County7. According to the 2025 report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation, asking rents in Orange County, which includes the City of Anaheim, increased 27 percent, approximately $609, since 2019, while renters need to earn 3.3 times the state minimum wage to afford the average asking rent of $2,857 for a two-bedroom apartment in the County. Moreover, the majority, 81%, of Orange County’s extremely low-income renters spend more than half of their income on housing costs, leaving very little to meet other basic human needs such as food and health.8
7American Community Survey (ACS), Income in the Past 12 Months (Table S1901) ARCHIVE
8California Housing Partnership, Orange County 2025: Affordable Housing Needs Report, 2-3 ARCHIVE