Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085501501 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,159 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 06085501501 covers part of the Little Saigon area of San Jose, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,159. Cost burden runs 63% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 24% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units1,289

Renter share63.8%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$74,931

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3416, -121.8583 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon 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

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,838 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Little Saigon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

85%Socioeconomic
76%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
92%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
22%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

Within Little Saigon. 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.

17.3%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
14.4%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
27.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Saigon

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,838, 31% below the San Jose average. It sits 1.9 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Jose. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $74,931.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085501501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085501501?

Census tract 06085501501 in the Little Saigon 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 06085501501?

Median gross rent is $1,838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085501501?

8.0% of residents in tract 06085501501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,159.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085501501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 76th, minority 92th, housing 92th.

Is tract 06085501501 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085501501 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085501501 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085501501 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085501501 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.

Was tract 06085501501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 22% 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.

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