Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Bedford Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Sunnyvale

Tract 06085509106 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,264 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 06085509106 sits in the Bedford Square area of Sunnyvale eviction risk, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 50% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units1,978

Renter share77.4%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate10.1%

Median income$155,608

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.3786, -122.0505 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bedford Square 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

10.1% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$2,898 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 44

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

33%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
79%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.

8.3%Housing insecurity
3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
19.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bedford Square

This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Cost burden runs 36% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #9,927 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 $2,898, close to the Sunnyvale average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $155,608.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085509106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509106?

Census tract 06085509106 in the Bedford Square neighborhood 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 06085509106?

Median gross rent is $2,898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509106?

10.1% of residents in tract 06085509106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,264.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 9th, minority 77th, housing 79th.

Is tract 06085509106 considered part of Bedford Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085509106 fall within Bedford Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085509106 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085509106 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085509106 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.