Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
College Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Palo Alto
Tract 06085511502 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 3,223 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
06085511502 is a census tract in the College Terrace area of Stanford, CA. It scores 7.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,223 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units939
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palo Alto and the region
Centroid at 37.4155, -122.1618 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Terrace scores 7.5
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
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palo Alto
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palo Alto
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palo Alto
8.5
How College Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within College Terrace. 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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 3.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Terrace
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.5% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 4% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Santa Clara County average of 8.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 06085511502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085511502?
Census tract 06085511502 in the College Terrace neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 06085511502?
1.2% of residents in tract 06085511502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,223.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085511502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 4th, minority 50th, housing 32th.
Q4
Is tract 06085511502 considered part of College Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 06085511502 fall within College Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085511502 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085511502 compare to Palo Alto overall?
Tract 06085511502 scores 7.5/10, 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
Highest-risk tracts in Palo Alto
Top eight tracts in Palo Alto ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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