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

Meadowfair Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503337 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,330 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 06085503337 sits in the Meadowfair area of San Jose eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.7/10. It is home to 4,330 residents. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 6% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$155,972

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Meadowfair
Low
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#128 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#132 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 37.3010, -121.8100 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meadowfair 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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,510 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Meadowfair compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Meadowfair risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.7This tracttract 5033379.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Meadowfair. 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 Meadowfair

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%. 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. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,510, close to the San Jose average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $155,972.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085503337

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503337?

Census tract 06085503337 in the Meadowfair 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 06085503337?

Median gross rent is $2,510/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503337?

7.1% of residents in tract 06085503337 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,330.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503337?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 38th, minority 94th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 06085503337 considered part of Meadowfair?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503337 fall within Meadowfair (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085503337 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085503337 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503337 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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