Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085505402 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,058
06085505402 is a census tract in Santa Clara, CA. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,058 residents. 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 14%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,153
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$161,845
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
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 37.3461, -121.9735 · 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
$2,615 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%. SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,615, 13% below the Santa Clara average.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.
It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $161,845. 40% 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 06085505402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505402?
Census tract 06085505402 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 06085505402?
Median gross rent is $2,615/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505402?
6.7% of residents in tract 06085505402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,058.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 39th, minority 83th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505402 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.
Q6
How does tract 06085505402 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505402 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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