Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #550 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Square Eviction Risk: High , Albany
Tract 36001000800 · Albany County, NY · pop 1,800 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
How risky is the Washington Square area of Albany for landlords? Census tract 36001000800 scores 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $744 a month while the average household earns $28,155 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 93% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
8.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units775
Renter share92.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate39.9%
Median income$28,155
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Albany and the region
Centroid at 42.6604, -73.7652 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Square scores 8.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
39.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$744 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 Washington Square 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.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 69%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.
- 30.1%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.9%Food insecurity
- 39.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.7%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Square
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Albany County average of 6.0 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 69% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36001000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36001000800?
Census tract 36001000800 in the Washington Square neighborhood scores 8.9/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36001000800?
Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36001000800?
39.9% of residents in tract 36001000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,800.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36001000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 93th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 36001000800 considered part of Washington Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36001000800 fall within Washington Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36001000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.1% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36001000800 compare to Albany overall?
Tract 36001000800 scores 8.9/10, 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 36001000800 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. 69% 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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