Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Spartan Keyes Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503122 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,451 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

06085503122 is a census tract in the Spartan Keyes area of San Jose, CA. It scores 9.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,451 residents. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 12% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units1,254

Renter share62.7%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate13.4%

Median income$48,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3125, -121.8569 · 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

13.4% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,125 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: 98

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

81%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
100%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
13%Grade C
8%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.

18.3%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
25.1%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
11.6%Transit barriers
12.8%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
32.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spartan Keyes

Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 81% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,125, 58% below the San Jose average. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

Food insecurity runs 25.1% against 17.8% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Jose. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 100th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $48,750.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085503122

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503122?

Census tract 06085503122 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 06085503122?

Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503122?

13.4% of residents in tract 06085503122 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,451.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503122?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 94th, minority 96th, housing 100th.

Is tract 06085503122 considered part of Spartan Keyes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503122 fall within Spartan Keyes (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085503122 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085503122 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503122 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 06085503122 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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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