Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085505010 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,473 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Santa Clara
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 06085505010 in Santa Clara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,442
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$201,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3998, -121.9732 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Clara scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Santa Clara
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Clara
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Clara
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Clara
4.2
How Santa Clara compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 86%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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.
Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
At $3,501 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Santa Clara commands. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $201,917.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085505010
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505010?
Census tract 06085505010 in Santa Clara scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06085505010?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505010?
7.5% of residents in tract 06085505010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,473.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505010?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 20th, minority 86th, housing 77th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505010 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085505010 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505010 scores 7.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Santa Clara at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Clara eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Santa Clara
Top eight tracts in Santa Clara ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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