Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Los Altos Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 06085511701 · Santa Clara, CA · pop 4,346 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Los Altos Hills
Census tract 06085511701 sits in Los Altos Hills, California eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than about 21% of US census tracts.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $239,435 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,544
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$239,435
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Los Altos Hills and the region
Centroid at 37.3783, -122.1319 · click any tract to drill in
Why Los Altos Hills scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Los Altos Hills
8.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.4
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Los Altos Hills
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Los Altos Hills
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Los Altos Hills
2.6
How Los Altos Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 2.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.5%Transit barriers
- 2.7%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Los Altos Hills
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Los Altos Hills, 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 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 5th 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 06085511701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06085511701?
Census tract 06085511701 in Los Altos Hills scores 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 06085511701?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06085511701?
4.6% of residents in tract 06085511701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,346.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06085511701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 34th, minority 62th, housing 4th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06085511701 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 2.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06085511701 compare to Los Altos Hills overall?
Tract 06085511701 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Los Altos Hills at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Los Altos Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Los Altos Hills
Top eight tracts in Los Altos Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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