Los Altos Eviction Risk: Moderate

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.3 points.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 3.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 1.8 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $3,501, close to the Los Altos average.

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