Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 06085505202 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 7,912 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Santa Clara

Census tract 06085505202 belongs to Santa Clara in Santa Clara County, California. It is home to 7,912 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,154 a month against an average household income of $138,438 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

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.

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 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Santa Clara eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 4% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085505202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505202?

Census tract 06085505202 in Santa Clara scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 06085505202?

Median gross rent is $3,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 06085505202 compare to Santa Clara overall?

Tract 06085505202 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Santa Clara at 7.9/10. 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.

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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Santa Clara

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