Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Spartan Keyes Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503121 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,056 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 06085503121 covers part of the Spartan Keyes area of San Jose, CA, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,056. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 31% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units1,464

Renter share65.4%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate17.9%

Median income$77,241

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3062, -121.8725 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spartan Keyes scores 9.9

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

17.9% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,722 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Spartan Keyes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

83%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
27%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 Spartan Keyes. 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.

23.0%Housing insecurity
11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
28.3%Food insecurity
25.7%SNAP enrollment
14.0%Transit barriers
17.2%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
35.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spartan Keyes

The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,722, 35% below the San Jose average.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Food insecurity runs 28.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 25.7% against 15.2% nationally.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

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 06085503121

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503121?

Census tract 06085503121 in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 06085503121?

Median gross rent is $1,722/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503121?

17.9% of residents in tract 06085503121 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,056.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503121?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 92th, housing 100th.

Is tract 06085503121 considered part of Spartan Keyes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503121 fall within Spartan Keyes (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085503121 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.0% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085503121 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503121 scores 9.9/10, 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.

Was tract 06085503121 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. 27% 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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