Tract 06085503508 ·
Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,982 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 9.1/10, tract 06085503508 in the Alum Rock area of San Jose, CA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,982. Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 10%Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,214
Renter share26.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$125,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60th percentile
#5 of 11 tracts In Alum Rock
Elevated
Within parent city
58th percentile
#92 of 216 tracts In San Jose
Elevated
Within county
77th percentile
#93 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
High
Within state
82th percentile
#1,681 of 9,109 tracts In California
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Jose and the region
Centroid at 37.3545, -121.8114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alum Rock scores 9.1
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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$2,922 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Alum Rock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
21.0%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
25.4%Food insecurity
18.9%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
19.1%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alum Rock
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 9/10.
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,922, 9% above the San Jose average.
On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $125,561.
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 06085503508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503508?
Census tract 06085503508 in the Alum Rock neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 06085503508?
Median gross rent is $2,922/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503508?
8.9% of residents in tract 06085503508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,982.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 83th, minority 95th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 06085503508 considered part of Alum Rock?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503508 fall within Alum Rock (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085503508 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06085503508 compare to San Jose overall?
Tract 06085503508 scores 9.1/10, 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
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