Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Communications Hill Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503116 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 6,469 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 06085503116 in the Communications Hill area of San Jose, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,469 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 17% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units2,409

Renter share45.0%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate11.0%

Median income$106,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.2774, -121.8537 · click any tract to drill in

Why Communications Hill scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from San Jose

8.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.0% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$3,050 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from San Jose

9.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

9.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from San Jose

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from San Jose

8.5

How Communications Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

69%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
89%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Communications Hill. 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.

15.5%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
10.2%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
17.0%Frequent mental distress
30.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Communications Hill

Cost burden runs 62% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $106,875, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. At $3,050 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of San Jose commands.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 06085503116

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503116?

Census tract 06085503116 in the Communications Hill neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 06085503116?

Median gross rent is $3,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503116?

11.0% of residents in tract 06085503116 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,469.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503116?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 88th, minority 80th, housing 89th.

Is tract 06085503116 considered part of Communications Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503116 fall within Communications Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085503116 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085503116 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503116 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of San Jose at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Jose eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Jose

Top eight tracts in San Jose ranked by composite eviction-risk score.