Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06085508509 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,186
Census tract 06085508509 belongs to Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County, California. It is home to 4,186 residents and scores 4.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 24% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,974 monthly, set against $165,676 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 97% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 72%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,052
Renter share97.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$165,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3653, -122.0239 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunnyvale scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,974 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Sunnyvale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sunnyvale eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Santa Clara County average of 5.4 and below the California statewide average of 6.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Asian and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085508509
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508509?
Census tract 06085508509 in Sunnyvale scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 06085508509?
Median gross rent is $2,974/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508509?
7.3% of residents in tract 06085508509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,186.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508509?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 8th, minority 84th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085508509 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085508509 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085508509 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Sunnyvale at 8/10. 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
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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06085504808
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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06085509001
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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