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Neighborhood · Pleasanton, CA

Shadow Cliffs Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 11,790 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10 · range 5.8–6.6

Shadow Cliffs spans 2 census tracts of Pleasanton, CA and houses 11,790 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, Elevated tier. Against a Pleasanton baseline of 29.0%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.9/10.

The voucher gap is 24.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. On the high side is supply constraint at 7.5/10. Food insecurity affects 7.6% of adults, 10.2 points below the national rate.

3.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. At $3,348 a month, rents sit 9% over what the rest of Pleasanton commands.

At 27% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Del Prado and Irby Ranch score within a fraction of it. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Its 2 tracts score within 0.8 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $179,459.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Shadow Cliffs vs Pleasanton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
47.2% +63%
Pleasanton: 29.0%
Average gross rent
$3,348 +9%
Pleasanton: $3,060
Average HH income
$179,459 -4%
Pleasanton: $186,206
Poverty rate
6.3% +14%
Pleasanton: 5.5%
Renter share
26.5% -20%
Pleasanton: 33.0%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Shadow Cliffs and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.8–6.6

Why Shadow Cliffs scores 6.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.1–8.1 across tracts
8.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Rent control risk
47% of income on rent · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
27% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Economic stress
6.3% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.6 across tracts
1.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.2–7.8 across tracts
7.5
Risk score comparison

Shadow Cliffs vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Shadow Cliffs score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Shadow Cliffs: 6.26.2Shadow CliffsNeighborhoodParent city: 7.07.0Parent cityhost cityState: 7.67.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Shadow Cliffs

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
06001450745 6.6 6,295 59% $3,269
06001450742 5.8 5,495 34% $3,439
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 25

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 11%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 23%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 50%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Shadow Cliffs

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Shadow Cliffs

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Shadow Cliffs?

Shadow Cliffs scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Shadow Cliffs compare to Pleasanton overall?

Shadow Cliffs scores 0.8 points lower than Pleasanton overall (7/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $3,348 vs $3,060.
Q3

What is the average rent in Shadow Cliffs?

Average gross rent in Shadow Cliffs is $3,348/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Shadow Cliffs residents are renters?

27% of Shadow Cliffs households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Pleasanton). The neighborhood has 11,790 residents.
Q5

Is Shadow Cliffs a high social-vulnerability area?

Shadow Cliffs sits in the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Shadow Cliffs have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Shadow Cliffs is census tract 06001450745 (score 6.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.8 to 6.6, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Shadow Cliffs for landlords?

Shadow Cliffs carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pleasanton as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Shadow Cliffs?

Shadow Cliffs has 11,456 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (51.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (34%), Hispanic / Latino (8.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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