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

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503111 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,243 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 06085503111 covers part of the Little Saigon area of San Jose, CA, and scores 8.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,243 residents. 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 19% Stable renters 18% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,141
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$125,521

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 12 tracts In Little Saigon
Very Low
Within parent city
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#130 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 37.3225, -121.8398 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,819 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Saigon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Saigon risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.7This tracttract 5031119.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Little Saigon. 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 Little Saigon

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10.

Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened. 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 5.4/10 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 $2,819, close to the San Jose average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $125,521.

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 06085503111

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503111?

Census tract 06085503111 in the Little Saigon 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 06085503111?

Median gross rent is $2,819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503111?

4.8% of residents in tract 06085503111 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,243.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503111?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 53th, minority 95th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 06085503111 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503111 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085503111 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085503111 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503111 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

Highest-risk tracts in San Jose

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

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