Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06085508900 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,782
Census tract 06085508900 belongs to Sunnyvale, California. It is home to 4,782 residents and scores 4.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,666 monthly, set against $152,841 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$152,841
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3911, -122.0064 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunnyvale scores 3.6
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,666 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale
What moves this score most is 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085508900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508900?
Census tract 06085508900 in Sunnyvale scores 3.6/10 (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 06085508900?
Median gross rent is $2,666/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085508900?
9.3% of residents in tract 06085508900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,782.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085508900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 15th, minority 87th, housing 43th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085508900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085508900 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085508900 scores 3.6/10, 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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/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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