Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Gilroy Eviction Risk: High

Tract 06085512604 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,744

06085512604 is a census tract in Gilroy, CA. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,744 residents. Cost burden runs 62% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 22% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,150

Renter share57.0%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate9.3%

Median income$83,702

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gilroy and the region

Centroid at 37.0198, -121.5706 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gilroy scores 8.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gilroy

7.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

9.3% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$2,322 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gilroy

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gilroy

7.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gilroy

5.6

How Gilroy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

78%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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.

21.7%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
24.8%Food insecurity
19.2%SNAP enrollment
12.5%Transit barriers
20.0%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
34.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gilroy

The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.3/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $83,702 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 24.8% against 17.8% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Average gross rent is $2,322, close to the Gilroy average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085512604

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085512604?

Census tract 06085512604 in Gilroy scores 8.3/10 (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 06085512604?

Median gross rent is $2,322/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085512604?

9.3% of residents in tract 06085512604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,744.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085512604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 88th, minority 90th, housing 92th.

What share of households in tract 06085512604 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.7% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085512604 compare to Gilroy overall?

Tract 06085512604 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Gilroy at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gilroy; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gilroy

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