Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Whisman Station Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06085509109 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 6,572 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 06085509109 sits in the Whisman Station area of Santa Clara County, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. Population here is 6,572. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.3/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,506
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$219,091
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3915, -122.0597 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whisman Station scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$3,411 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Whisman Station compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whisman Station. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 17.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whisman Station
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Santa Clara County average of 8.0. Disability prevalence runs 17.5% against 31.5% nationally.
Cost burden runs 38% here against 43.5% across Santa Clara County. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.4/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the CA average is 7.5, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $3,411 a month.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $219,091.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085509109
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509109?
Census tract 06085509109 in the Whisman Station neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 06085509109?
Median gross rent is $3,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509109?
5.2% of residents in tract 06085509109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,572.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509109?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 14th, minority 78th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 06085509109 considered part of Whisman Station?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085509109 fall within Whisman Station (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085509109 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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