Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Notting Hill - Royal Crest Eviction Risk: High , San Jose

Tract 06085503601 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,582 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 06085503601 sits in the Notting Hill - Royal Crest area of San Jose eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.9/10. It is home to 3,582 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 41% Owners 37%

Tract context

Occupied units914

Renter share62.6%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate12.6%

Median income$100,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3583, -121.8662 · click any tract to drill in

Why Notting Hill - Royal Crest 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

12.6% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,946 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 Notting Hill - Royal Crest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

73%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
26%Grade C
4%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 Notting Hill - Royal Crest. 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.

19.8%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
24.4%Food insecurity
20.0%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
16.4%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Notting Hill - Royal Crest

On the high side, 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.

At $1,946 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of San Jose commands. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. 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.

Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.

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 23% of average household income of $100,357. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 06085503601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085503601?

Census tract 06085503601 in the Notting Hill - Royal Crest 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 06085503601?

Median gross rent is $1,946/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085503601?

12.6% of residents in tract 06085503601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,582.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085503601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 45th, minority 85th, housing 89th.

Is tract 06085503601 considered part of Notting Hill - Royal Crest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085503601 fall within Notting Hill - Royal Crest (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085503601 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.8% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085503601 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085503601 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 06085503601 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. 4% 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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