Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085505302 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,828

With a score of 7.5/10, tract 06085505302 in Santa Clara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,828 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

7.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 24% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,629

Renter share33.7%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate6.8%

Median income$184,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region

Centroid at 37.3607, -121.9724 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Clara scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Santa Clara

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

6.8% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$3,303 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Santa Clara

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Santa Clara

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Santa Clara

4.2

How Santa Clara compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

17%Socioeconomic
14%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

8.3%Housing insecurity
3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.5%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara

29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.

At $3,303 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Santa Clara commands. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $184,125.

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 06085505302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505302?

Census tract 06085505302 in Santa Clara scores 7.5/10 (Elevated 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 06085505302?

Median gross rent is $3,303/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505302?

6.8% of residents in tract 06085505302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,828.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 14th, minority 77th, housing 71th.

What share of households in tract 06085505302 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085505302 compare to Santa Clara overall?

Tract 06085505302 scores 7.5/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Clara at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Clara 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 Clara

Top eight tracts in Santa Clara ranked by composite eviction-risk score.