Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085504805 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 7,442

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 06085504805 in Sunnyvale, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,442. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units3,190

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.48

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$147,851

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.4032, -122.0033 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyvale scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sunnyvale

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$3,477 rent vs county FMR

5.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sunnyvale

3.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sunnyvale

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sunnyvale

3.3

How Sunnyvale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

37%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

10.2%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
14.8%Frequent mental distress
25.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. Cost burden runs 33% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $3,477, 14% above the Sunnyvale average. It sits 0.7 points below the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.

Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $147,851. 42% 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 06085504805

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085504805?

Census tract 06085504805 in Sunnyvale scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 06085504805?

Median gross rent is $3,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085504805?

7.0% of residents in tract 06085504805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,442.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085504805?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 13th, minority 76th, housing 77th.

What share of households in tract 06085504805 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085504805 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085504805 scores 7.3/10, lower than the parent city of Sunnyvale at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunnyvale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sunnyvale

Top eight tracts in Sunnyvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.