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

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

Census tract 06085503601 covers the Notting Hill - Royal Crest neighborhood of San Jose, home to 3,582 residents. For landlords it grades 5.7/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,946 a month against an average household income of $100,357 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

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 5.1

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

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

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from San Jose eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Santa Clara County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 4% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Asian and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of San Jose at 9.2/10. 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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