Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Creston Eviction Risk: Lower , Cupertino
Tract 06085510002 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,075 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
How risky is Creston in Cupertino for landlords? Census tract 06085510002 scores 3.8/10, the Lower tier. It lands near the 9th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,501 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,329
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate1.1%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cupertino and the region
Centroid at 37.3465, -122.0719 · click any tract to drill in
Why Creston scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cupertino
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cupertino
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cupertino
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cupertino
2.8
How Creston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Creston. 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.
- 4.4%Housing insecurity
- 2.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.5%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 2.4%No health insurance
- 10.7%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Creston
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cupertino, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Santa Clara County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085510002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085510002?
Census tract 06085510002 in the Creston neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (Lower 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 06085510002?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085510002?
1.1% of residents in tract 06085510002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,075.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085510002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 22th, minority 68th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 06085510002 considered part of Creston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085510002 fall within Creston (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085510002 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.4% 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. 2.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06085510002 compare to Cupertino overall?
Tract 06085510002 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Cupertino at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cupertino; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cupertino
Top eight tracts in Cupertino ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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