Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Fruitdale Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085502301 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,185 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 06085502301 sits in the Fruitdale area of San Jose eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.3/10. Population here is 3,185. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 25% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units1,164

Renter share40.6%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate2.5%

Median income$167,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3011, -121.9071 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fruitdale scores 8.3

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

2.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,581 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

17%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
26%Grade B
24%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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.

7.8%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
7.5%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
4.9%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
22.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fruitdale

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 39% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085502301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085502301?

Census tract 06085502301 in the Fruitdale neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06085502301?

Median gross rent is $2,581/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085502301?

2.5% of residents in tract 06085502301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,185.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085502301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 37th, minority 61th, housing 46th.

Is tract 06085502301 considered part of Fruitdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085502301 fall within Fruitdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085502301 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085502301 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085502301 scores 8.3/10, 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.

Was tract 06085502301 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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Top eight tracts in San Jose ranked by composite eviction-risk score.