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

Gardner Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085502104 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 2,634 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 06085502104 covers part of the Gardner area of San Jose, CA, and scores 8.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,634. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

8.7

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 29% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units1,013

Renter share66.8%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate4.7%

Median income$126,932

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3061, -121.9279 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gardner 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

4.7% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$2,753 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 Gardner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

54%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gardner. 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.

12.1%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
9.5%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
8.9%No health insurance
15.0%Frequent mental distress
24.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gardner

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.

This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 0.7 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Average gross rent is $2,753, close to the San Jose average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $126,932.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085502104

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085502104?

Census tract 06085502104 in the Gardner 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.

What is the average rent in tract 06085502104?

Median gross rent is $2,753/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085502104?

4.7% of residents in tract 06085502104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,634.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085502104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 29th, minority 78th, housing 71th.

Is tract 06085502104 considered part of Gardner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085502104 fall within Gardner (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085502104 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085502104 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085502104 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.

Sibling tracts

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