Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085505303 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,986
Census tract 06085505303 covers part of Santa Clara, CA, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,986. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,191
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$140,536
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3583, -121.9640 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Clara scores 7.5
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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,445 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Average gross rent is $2,445, 19% below the Santa Clara average.
That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $140,536. 60% 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 06085505303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505303?
Census tract 06085505303 in Santa Clara scores 7.5/10 (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 06085505303?
Median gross rent is $2,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505303?
6.7% of residents in tract 06085505303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,986.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 23th, minority 85th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505303 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085505303 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505303 scores 7.5/10, lower than 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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