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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally

Little Saigon Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503504 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,601 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 06085503504 sits in the Little Saigon area of San Jose eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.8/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 19% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$143,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 12 tracts In Little Saigon
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#117 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#120 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#2,111 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3358, -121.8342 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Saigon scores 8.8

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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 / state8.8This tracttract 5035049.0San Joseparent city8.0Countyavg tract in county7.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10. At $3,501 a month, rents run 31% over what the rest of San Jose commands.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $143,674.

33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085503504

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503504?

Census tract 06085503504 in the Little Saigon neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 06085503504?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503504?

7.9% of residents in tract 06085503504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,601.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503504?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 30th, minority 99th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 06085503504 considered part of Little Saigon?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503504 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 06085503504 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 06085503504 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503504 scores 8.8/10, right in line with 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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