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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Castro City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Los Altos

Tract 06085510400 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,767 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

06085510400 is a census tract in the Castro City area of Los Altos, CA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,767 residents. It sits 2.4 points below the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 16% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,280
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 10 tracts In Castro City
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Los Altos
Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#399 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Very Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#7,670 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Altos and the region

Centroid at 37.3913, -122.1076 · click any tract to drill in

Why Castro City scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Los Altos
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Altos
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Altos
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Altos
2.8

How Castro City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Castro City risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 5104006.3Los Altosparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Castro City. 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 Castro City

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Disability prevalence runs 17.9% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 2.4% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $250,001, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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 06085510400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085510400?

Census tract 06085510400 in the Castro City neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 06085510400?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085510400?

1.8% of residents in tract 06085510400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,767.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085510400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 14th, minority 67th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 06085510400 considered part of Castro City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085510400 fall within Castro City (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085510400 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.5% 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. 2.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085510400 compare to Los Altos overall?

Tract 06085510400 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Los Altos at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Altos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Los Altos

Top eight tracts in Los Altos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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