Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Sunnyvale
Tract 06085509102 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,865 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 06085509102 sits in the Bedford Square area of Sunnyvale eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 4,865 residents. 16% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Santa Clara County average of 43.5%.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 61%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,175
Renter share72.3%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$199,809
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region
Centroid at 37.3916, -122.0385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford Square scores 7.4
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,990 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Bedford Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bedford Square. 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 16.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford Square
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.
This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. SNAP participation runs 5.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $199,809, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely. Average gross rent is $2,990, close to the Sunnyvale average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085509102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509102?
Census tract 06085509102 in the Bedford Square neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 06085509102?
Median gross rent is $2,990/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509102?
7.5% of residents in tract 06085509102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,865.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 5th, minority 80th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 06085509102 considered part of Bedford Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085509102 fall within Bedford Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085509102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 06085509102 compare to Sunnyvale overall?
Tract 06085509102 scores 7.4/10, 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.
Tract · CA
06085504602
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085504808
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085508305
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Birdland
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Birdland
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085508900
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06085509001
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
Bedford Square
7.6
/ 10 · High
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