Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Birdland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Sunnyvale
Tract 06085508203 ·
Santa Clara, CA · pop 5,873 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
06085508203 is a census tract in the Birdland area of Sunnyvale, CA. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 26% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%Stable renters 28%Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,745
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
9th percentile
#11 of 12 tracts In Birdland
Very Low
Within parent city
3th percentile
#34 of 35 tracts In Sunnyvale
Very Low
Within county
21th percentile
#322 of 408 tracts In Santa Clara
Low
Within state
41th percentile
#5,398 of 9,109 tracts In California
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3451, -122.0268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birdland scores 6.9
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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sunnyvale
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sunnyvale
3.3
How Birdland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
5.3%Housing insecurity
2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
5.7%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
2.9%No health insurance
11.0%Frequent mental distress
17.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birdland
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 3.7% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.1 points below the Santa Clara County average of 8.0.
At $3,501 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Sunnyvale commands. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $250,001, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085508203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508203?
Census tract 06085508203 in the Birdland neighborhood 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 06085508203?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508203?
1.5% of residents in tract 06085508203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,873.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 38th, minority 74th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 06085508203 considered part of Birdland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085508203 fall within Birdland (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085508203 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06085508203 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085508203 scores 6.9/10, lower 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.