Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06085508602 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,575
Eviction risk in Sunnyvale eviction risk centers on tract 06085508602, which scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,575 residents. It lands near the 27th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,253 a month while the average household earns $169,340 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,602
Renter share78.0%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$169,340
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3728, -122.0289 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunnyvale scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sunnyvale
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$3,253 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sunnyvale
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.3
How Sunnyvale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Sunnyvale eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 22nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085508602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508602?
Census tract 06085508602 in Sunnyvale scores 3.6/10 (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 06085508602?
Median gross rent is $3,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508602?
8.8% of residents in tract 06085508602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,575.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 6th, minority 71th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085508602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085508602 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085508602 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Sunnyvale at 8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunnyvale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sunnyvale
Top eight tracts in Sunnyvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · CA
06085504602
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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06085504808
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
06085508305
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
Birdland
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
06085509001
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
Bedford Square
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
Birdland
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · CA
06085508900
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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