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

Sunnyvale Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 06085509001 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 2,929

Census tract 06085509001 covers part of Sunnyvale, CA, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,929 residents. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 21% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units986

Renter share57.0%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate6.3%

Median income$118,953

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.3937, -122.0244 · 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

6.3% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$2,462 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

47%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
11.4%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
26.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyvale

Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. At $2,462 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Sunnyvale commands. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $118,953. 57% 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 06085509001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509001?

Census tract 06085509001 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 06085509001?

Median gross rent is $2,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509001?

6.3% of residents in tract 06085509001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,929.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 60th, minority 89th, housing 70th.

What share of households in tract 06085509001 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085509001 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085509001 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.