Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown North Eviction Risk: Lower , Palo Alto
Tract 06085511302 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,466 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 06085511302 belongs to Downtown North in Palo Alto, California. It is home to 3,466 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,019 a month while the average household earns $133,594 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 76% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
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.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
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 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Palo Alto, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% 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 06085511302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085511302?
Census tract 06085511302 in the Downtown North neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 06085511302?
Median gross rent is $3,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 06085511302 compare to Palo Alto overall?
Tract 06085511302 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Palo Alto at 7.8/10. 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.
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3.7
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3
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