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Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

College Park Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085500400 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 2,545 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 06085500400 covers part of the College Park area of San Jose, CA, and scores 8.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,545 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 30% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,032
Renter share58.5%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$151,809

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In College Park
Low
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#147 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#152 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#2,547 of 9,109 tracts In California
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3402, -121.9220 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Park scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Jose
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,346 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Jose
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
9.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Jose
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Jose
8.5

How College Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.5This tracttract 5004009.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Within College Park. 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 College Park

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $2,346, 12% below the San Jose average. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.

Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $151,809.

59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085500400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085500400?

Census tract 06085500400 in the College Park neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 06085500400?

Median gross rent is $2,346/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085500400?

4.2% of residents in tract 06085500400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,545.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085500400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 7th, minority 78th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 06085500400 considered part of College Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085500400 fall within College Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085500400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085500400 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085500400 scores 8.5/10, lower than the parent city of San Jose at 9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Jose eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 06085500400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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