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Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Los Gatos Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 06085507004 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,926 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Los Gatos

Census tract 06085507004 belongs to Los Gatos, California. It is home to 3,926 residents and scores 4.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,823 a month while the average household earns $170,919 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 26% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,695
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$170,919

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Los Gatos
High
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#346 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Very Low
Within state
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#8,405 of 9,109 tracts In California
Very Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#58,384 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Los Gatos and the region

Centroid at 37.2260, -121.9764 · click any tract to drill in

Why Los Gatos scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Los Gatos
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,823 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Gatos
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Gatos
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Gatos
3.5

How Los Gatos compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Los Gatos risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 507004Los Gatos: 7.97.9Los Gatosparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Los Gatos

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Los Gatos, 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085507004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085507004?

Census tract 06085507004 in Los Gatos scores 3/10 (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 06085507004?

Median gross rent is $2,823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085507004?

8.4% of residents in tract 06085507004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,926.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085507004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 18th, minority 36th, housing 13th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 06085507004 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 06085507004 compare to Los Gatos overall?

Tract 06085507004 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Los Gatos at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Gatos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Los Gatos

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

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