Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085504808 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 2,251

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06085504808 in Sunnyvale, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,251 residents. Cost burden runs 26% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 47% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units682

Renter share63.5%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$111,274

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.4010, -122.0265 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyvale scores 7.8

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

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,732 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 56

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

13%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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.

13.1%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
14.4%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
25.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale

At $1,732 a month, rents run 43% under what the rest of Sunnyvale commands. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $111,274.

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 06085504808

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085504808?

Census tract 06085504808 in Sunnyvale scores 7.8/10 (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 06085504808?

Median gross rent is $1,732/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085504808?

6.7% of residents in tract 06085504808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,251.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085504808?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 41th, minority 88th, housing 95th.

What share of households in tract 06085504808 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085504808 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085504808 scores 7.8/10, right in line with 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.