Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Barron Park Eviction Risk: High , Palo Alto
Tract 06085510600 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 6,100 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 06085510600 covers part of the Barron Park area of Palo Alto, CA, and scores 8.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,100. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,277
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$160,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palo Alto and the region
Centroid at 37.4088, -122.1303 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barron Park scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palo Alto
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$2,918 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palo Alto
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palo Alto
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palo Alto
3.9
How Barron Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barron Park
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.1/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. At $2,918 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Palo Alto commands. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $160,972.
43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085510600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085510600?
Census tract 06085510600 in the Barron Park neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06085510600?
Median gross rent is $2,918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085510600?
15.8% of residents in tract 06085510600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085510600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 65th, minority 71th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 06085510600 considered part of Barron Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085510600 fall within Barron Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085510600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06085510600 compare to Palo Alto overall?
Tract 06085510600 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Palo Alto at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palo Alto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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