Neighborhood · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally

Bedford Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Sunnyvale

Tract 06085509108 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,549 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 06085509108, home to 4,549 residents in Bedford Square in Sunnyvale, scores 4.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,510 a month while the average household earns $178,636 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

2.9

Lower

Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 44% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,932

Renter share57.3%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$178,636

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunnyvale and the region

Centroid at 37.4004, -122.0572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bedford Square scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Sunnyvale

6.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$2,510 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Sunnyvale

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Sunnyvale

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Sunnyvale

5.0

How Bedford Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

11%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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.

8.4%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
8.6%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
5.3%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
18.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bedford Square

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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.

The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085509108

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509108?

Census tract 06085509108 in the Bedford Square neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 06085509108?

Median gross rent is $2,510/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509108?

5.4% of residents in tract 06085509108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,549.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509108?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 5th, minority 80th, housing 43th.

Is tract 06085509108 considered part of Bedford Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085509108 fall within Bedford Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085509108 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 06085509108 compare to Sunnyvale overall?

Tract 06085509108 scores 2.9/10, 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

Top eight tracts in Sunnyvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.