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Neighborhood · Ranked #3,082 of 84,120 nationally

Fruitdale Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085502002 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,308 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 06085502002 covers part of the Fruitdale area of San Jose, CA, and scores 9.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 36% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,863
Renter share71.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$115,391

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Fruitdale
Elevated
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#77 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,347 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3194, -121.9209 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fruitdale scores 9.3

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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,414 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Fruitdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fruitdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.3This tracttract 5020029.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fruitdale. 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 Fruitdale

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.

Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $2,414, 10% below the San Jose average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #3,082 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $115,391.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085502002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085502002?

Census tract 06085502002 in the Fruitdale neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 06085502002?

Median gross rent is $2,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085502002?

8.1% of residents in tract 06085502002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,308.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085502002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 40th, minority 81th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 06085502002 considered part of Fruitdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085502002 fall within Fruitdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085502002 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085502002 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085502002 scores 9.3/10, higher 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 06085502002 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. 98% 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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