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Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085505304 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,598

Tract 06085505304 sits in Santa Clara eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 3,598 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 14% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,136
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$216,550

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 25 tracts In Santa Clara
Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#258 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Low
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4,555 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,727 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region

Centroid at 37.3596, -121.9815 · click any tract to drill in

Why Santa Clara scores 7.4

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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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.
Santa Clara risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.4This tracttract 5053047.8Santa Claraparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara

Cost burden runs 28% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Average gross rent is $3,501, 16% above the Santa Clara average. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085505304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505304?

Census tract 06085505304 in Santa Clara scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 06085505304?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505304?

5.7% of residents in tract 06085505304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,598.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 24th, minority 81th, housing 9th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06085505304 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06085505304 compare to Santa Clara overall?

Tract 06085505304 scores 7.4/10, 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.

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