Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085508900 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,782

Tract 06085508900 sits in Sunnyvale eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. It is home to 4,782 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.3911, -122.0064 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyvale scores 7.6

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

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

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County.

Average gross rent is $2,666, 12% below the Sunnyvale average. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $152,841.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085508900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085508900?

Census tract 06085508900 in Sunnyvale scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 06085508900 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085508900 scores 7.6/10, right in line with 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.