Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #5,153 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: High
Tract 06085505202 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 7,912 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Santa Clara
Census tract 06085505202 covers part of Santa Clara, CA, and scores 8.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
8.6
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units3,572
Renter share75.3%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$138,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3703, -121.9607 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Clara scores 8.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Santa Clara
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$3,154 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Clara
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Clara
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Clara
4.2
How Santa Clara compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 4%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Jose. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.
It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Average gross rent is $3,154, close to the Santa Clara average.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $138,438.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085505202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505202?
Census tract 06085505202 in Santa Clara scores 8.6/10 (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 06085505202?
Median gross rent is $3,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505202?
16.7% of residents in tract 06085505202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 15th, minority 81th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505202 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085505202 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505202 scores 8.6/10, higher than the parent city of Santa Clara at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Clara eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 06085505202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 4% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Top eight tracts in Santa Clara ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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