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Downtown North Eviction Risk: Elevated , Palo Alto

Tract 06085511302 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,466 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 7.8/10, tract 06085511302 in the Downtown North area of Palo Alto, CA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,466 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 42% Owners 24%

Tract context

Occupied units1,970

Renter share75.9%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate11.3%

Median income$133,594

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Palo Alto and the region

Centroid at 37.4480, -122.1622 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown North scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Palo Alto

8.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.4

State political climate

California legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

11.3% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$3,019 rent vs county FMR

3.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Palo Alto

4.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Palo Alto

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Palo Alto

3.9

How Downtown North compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

33%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown North. 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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
5.0%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
25.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown North

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.3/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.1/10.

Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $3,019, 13% below the Palo Alto average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $133,594.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 06085511302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085511302?

Census tract 06085511302 in the Downtown North neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 06085511302?

Median gross rent is $3,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 06085511302?

11.3% of residents in tract 06085511302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,466.

How socially vulnerable is tract 06085511302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 78th, minority 58th, housing 95th.

Is tract 06085511302 considered part of Downtown North?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085511302 fall within Downtown North (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 06085511302 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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.

How does tract 06085511302 compare to Palo Alto overall?

Tract 06085511302 scores 7.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Palo Alto at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palo Alto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

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