Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Los Gatos Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085507004 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,926 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Los Gatos
Tract 06085507004 sits in Los Gatos, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. Population here is 3,926. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.3/10.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,695
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$170,919
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Los Gatos and the region
Centroid at 37.2260, -121.9764 · click any tract to drill in
Why Los Gatos scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Los Gatos
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,823 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Gatos
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Gatos
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Gatos
3.5
How Los Gatos compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Los Gatos
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Against Santa Clara County at 43.5%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Santa Clara County average of 8.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. At $2,823 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Los Gatos commands.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $170,919.
42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085507004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085507004?
Census tract 06085507004 in Los Gatos scores 6.9/10 (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 06085507004?
Median gross rent is $2,823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085507004?
8.4% of residents in tract 06085507004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,926.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085507004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 18th, minority 36th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085507004 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085507004 compare to Los Gatos overall?
Tract 06085507004 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Los Gatos at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Gatos; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Los Gatos
Top eight tracts in Los Gatos ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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