Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085508305 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,604 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Sunnyvale
With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06085508305 in Sunnyvale, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,604 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,848
Renter share82.5%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$118,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3401, -122.0374 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunnyvale scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sunnyvale
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,555 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sunnyvale
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.3
How Sunnyvale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale
This is renter territory: 82% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened.
Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
At $2,555 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Sunnyvale commands. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $118,889.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085508305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508305?
Census tract 06085508305 in Sunnyvale scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 06085508305?
Median gross rent is $2,555/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508305?
7.6% of residents in tract 06085508305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,604.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 72th, minority 89th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085508305 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085508305 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085508305 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Sunnyvale at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunnyvale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sunnyvale
Top eight tracts in Sunnyvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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06085504602
8.4
/ 10 · High
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06085504808
7.8
/ 10 · High
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Birdland
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Birdland
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085508900
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085509001
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Bedford Square
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085508602
7.5
/ 10 · High
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