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Hensley Historic District Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085501102 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,191 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 06085501102 sits in the Hensley Historic District area of San Jose eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.9/10. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 18% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,355
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$147,773

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Hensley Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#109 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Moderate
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#113 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#1,974 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3540, -121.8812 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hensley Historic District scores 8.9

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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,627 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Hensley Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hensley Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.9This tracttract 5011029.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Hensley Historic District. 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 Hensley Historic District

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 51% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. It sits 0.9 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Average gross rent is $2,627, close to the San Jose average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $147,773.

37% 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 06085501102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085501102?

Census tract 06085501102 in the Hensley Historic District neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (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 06085501102?

Median gross rent is $2,627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085501102?

8.3% of residents in tract 06085501102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,191.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085501102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 42th, minority 83th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 06085501102 considered part of Hensley Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085501102 fall within Hensley Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085501102 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085501102 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085501102 scores 8.9/10, right in line with 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 06085501102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 20% 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

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Top eight tracts in San Jose ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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