Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

South End Eviction Risk: High , Albany

Tract 36001002500 · Albany County, NY · pop 3,062 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 36001002500 covers part of the South End area of Albany, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,062. It sits 3.0 points above the Albany County average of 6.9.

Risk score

9.9

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 44% Owners 13%

Tract context

Occupied units1,391

Renter share87.0%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate31.2%

Median income$36,150

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Albany and the region

Centroid at 42.6407, -73.7560 · click any tract to drill in

Why South End scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Albany

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

31.2% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$887 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Albany

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Albany

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Albany

7.5

How South End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

90%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
99%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
64%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

33.7%Housing insecurity
23.6%Utility-shutoff threat
42.1%Food insecurity
44.3%SNAP enrollment
21.4%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
39.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South End

SNAP participation runs 44.3% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Housing insecurity runs 33.7% against 14.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $887 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Albany commands.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 42.1% across Albany County.

On the high side, economic stress reads 7.8/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #1 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36001002500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36001002500?

Census tract 36001002500 in the South End neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (High 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 36001002500?

Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36001002500?

31.2% of residents in tract 36001002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,062.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36001002500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 94th, minority 87th, housing 99th.

Is tract 36001002500 considered part of South End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36001002500 fall within South End (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36001002500 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.7% 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. 23.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36001002500 compare to Albany overall?

Tract 36001002500 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Albany at 8.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Albany eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36001002500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 64% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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