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

Tract 06085504318 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 7,213 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Elevated-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 06085504318 reflects conditions in the Notting Hill - Royal Crest neighborhood of San Jose, California. That is riskier than about 76% of US census tracts.

About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,228 a month while the average household earns $111,042 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 11% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units1,982

Renter share20.2%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$111,042

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across San Jose and the region

Centroid at 37.3768, -121.8957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Notting Hill - Royal Crest scores 5

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

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$2,228 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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 Notting Hill - Royal Crest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

45%Socioeconomic
28%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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
5%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.

15.1%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
20.7%Food insecurity
15.8%SNAP enrollment
9.7%Transit barriers
10.5%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
28.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Notting Hill - Royal Crest

What moves this score most is 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 above the Santa Clara County average of 5.4 and in line with 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085504318

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085504318?

Census tract 06085504318 in the Notting Hill - Royal Crest neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 06085504318?

Median gross rent is $2,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085504318?

13.8% of residents in tract 06085504318 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,213.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085504318?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 28th, minority 92th, housing 95th.

Is tract 06085504318 considered part of Notting Hill - Royal Crest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085504318 fall within Notting Hill - Royal Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085504318 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085504318 compare to San Jose overall?

Tract 06085504318 scores 5/10, 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 06085504318 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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