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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally

Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085501901 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 2,618 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

06085501901 is a census tract in the Little Italy area of San Jose, CA. It scores 8.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,618. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 38% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,516
Renter share73.3%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$145,862

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Little Italy
Moderate
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#129 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#121 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2,258 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3237, -121.9078 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Italy scores 8.7

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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,769 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Little Italy compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Italy risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.7This tracttract 5019019.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

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.

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.

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 Little Italy

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Disability prevalence runs 19.1% against 31.5% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%.

Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. 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.

Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085501901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085501901?

Census tract 06085501901 in the Little Italy neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 06085501901?

Median gross rent is $2,769/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085501901?

6.2% of residents in tract 06085501901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,618.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085501901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 12th, minority 78th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 06085501901 considered part of Little Italy?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085501901 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085501901 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085501901 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085501901 scores 8.7/10, 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 06085501901 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. 62% 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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Highest-risk tracts in San Jose

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

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