Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Clara Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085505902 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,950 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Santa Clara
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 06085505902 in Santa Clara, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,735
Renter share67.0%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$117,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3345, -121.9537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Clara scores 7.7
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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,341 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Clara
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.
67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $2,341, 22% below the Santa Clara average. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.
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 06085505902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085505902?
Census tract 06085505902 in Santa Clara scores 7.7/10 (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 06085505902?
Median gross rent is $2,341/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085505902?
4.8% of residents in tract 06085505902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,950.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085505902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 71th, minority 66th, housing 93th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085505902 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085505902 compare to Santa Clara overall?
Tract 06085505902 scores 7.7/10, 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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