Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Whisman Station Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06085509600 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,630 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 06085509600 (the Whisman Station area of Santa Clara, California) comes in at 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,392 monthly, set against $193,024 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share76.7%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$193,024
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Clara and the region
Centroid at 37.3908, -122.0805 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whisman Station scores 3.2
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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$3,392 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whisman Station
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 set by California eviction laws law, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 27th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085509600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085509600?
Census tract 06085509600 in the Whisman Station neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06085509600?
Median gross rent is $3,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085509600?
9.8% of residents in tract 06085509600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,630.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085509600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 9th, minority 73th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 06085509600 considered part of Whisman Station?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085509600 fall within Whisman Station (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 06085509600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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