Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Vassar College Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36027410000 · Dutchess County, NY · pop 3,893 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Vassar College
Tract 36027410000 covers Vassar College in Dutchess County in New York. Home to 3,893 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,574 a month while the average household earns $94,141 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units779
Renter share38.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$94,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vassar College and the region
Centroid at 41.6829, -73.8850 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vassar College scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vassar College
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vassar College
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vassar College
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vassar College
5.0
How Vassar College compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 5%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
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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vassar College
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Vassar College, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dutchess County average of 5.7 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 40th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36027410000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36027410000?
Census tract 36027410000 in Vassar College scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 36027410000?
Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36027410000?
10.3% of residents in tract 36027410000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36027410000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 3th, minority 58th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36027410000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36027410000 compare to Vassar College overall?
Tract 36027410000 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Vassar College at 7.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vassar College; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36027410000 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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