Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085505304 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,598
Tract 06085505304 sits in Santa Clara eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 3,598 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,136
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$216,550
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3596, -121.9815 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Clara scores 7.4
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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
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: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
Cost burden runs 28% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Average gross rent is $3,501, 16% above the Santa Clara average. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 20% 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 2.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085505304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505304?
Census tract 06085505304 in Santa Clara scores 7.4/10 (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 06085505304?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505304?
5.7% of residents in tract 06085505304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,598.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 24th, minority 81th, housing 9th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505304 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085505304 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505304 scores 7.4/10, 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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