Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose Eviction Risk: Lower , Albany
Tract 36001014002 · Albany County, NY · pop 5,567 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 36001014002, home to 5,567 residents in the Melrose neighborhood of Albany, scores 4.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #57,665 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,144 a month against an average household income of $85,276 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,042
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$85,276
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Albany and the region
Centroid at 42.6931, -73.7943 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Albany
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Albany
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Albany
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Albany
3.2
How Melrose compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 35%Grade C
- 0%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Melrose. 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.7/10. 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 Albany eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Albany County average of 6.0 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36001014002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36001014002?
Census tract 36001014002 in the Melrose neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 36001014002?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36001014002?
4.0% of residents in tract 36001014002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,567.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36001014002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 63th, minority 36th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 36001014002 considered part of Melrose?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36001014002 fall within Melrose (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36001014002 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36001014002 compare to Albany overall?
Tract 36001014002 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Albany at 9.8/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 36001014002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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