Neighborhood · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally

Birdland Eviction Risk: High , Sunnyvale

Tract 06085505401 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 6,630 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

06085505401 is a census tract in the Birdland area of Santa Clara, CA. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,630. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

8.3

High

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 52% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units2,932

Renter share78.1%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate14.0%

Median income$158,350

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.3490, -121.9872 · click any tract to drill in

Why Birdland scores 8.3

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

14.0% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$3,019 rent vs county FMR

3.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sunnyvale

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sunnyvale

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sunnyvale

4.2

How Birdland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

23%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
70%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Birdland. 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
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
10.4%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
13.3%Frequent mental distress
19.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Birdland

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Cost burden runs 33% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #6,330 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Average gross rent is $3,019, close to the Santa Clara average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $158,350.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085505401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505401?

Census tract 06085505401 in the Birdland neighborhood scores 8.3/10 (High 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 06085505401?

Median gross rent is $3,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505401?

14.0% of residents in tract 06085505401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,630.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 7th, minority 82th, housing 70th.

Is tract 06085505401 considered part of Birdland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085505401 fall within Birdland (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085505401 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085505401 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085505401 scores 8.3/10, higher 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.