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

Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085505500 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,661

Tract 06085505500 sits in Santa Clara eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. Population here is 4,661. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 24% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units1,645

Renter share48.0%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$150,282

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region

Centroid at 37.3472, -121.9621 · 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

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$2,473 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

25%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
41%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
23.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%. At $2,473 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Santa Clara commands.

Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085505500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505500?

Census tract 06085505500 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06085505500?

Median gross rent is $2,473/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505500?

6.1% of residents in tract 06085505500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,661.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 27th, minority 77th, housing 41th.

What share of households in tract 06085505500 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085505500 compare to Santa Clara overall?

Tract 06085505500 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.

Was tract 06085505500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Clara

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