8 census tracts · pop 17,287 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10
· range 9.3–9.3
Fruit Belt is a 8-tract neighborhood of Buffalo, NY, population 17,287. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 9.3/10, High tier. Cost burden runs 57% against 31.4% citywide, putting Fruit Belt 25.8% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Set annual rent against average household income of $21,313 and the ratio lands at 50%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
24.7% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 33.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 8.4/10.
Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $881, 16% below the Buffalo average of $1,046. That places it #1 of 21 neighborhoods in Buffalo.
The closest comparables inside the same city are East Side and Lower West Side.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.3
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Fruit Belt vs BuffaloHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport66%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fruit Belt
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
32.8%Housing insecurity
24.5%Utility shutoff threat
43.8%Food insecurity
47.2%SNAP enrollment
11.8%No health insurance
37.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fruit Belt
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fruit Belt?
Fruit Belt scores 9.3/10 (High tier) across 8 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fruit Belt compare to Buffalo overall?
Fruit Belt scores 1.4 points higher than Buffalo overall (7.9/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $881 vs $1,046.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fruit Belt?
Average gross rent in Fruit Belt is $881/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fruit Belt residents are renters?
52% of Fruit Belt households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Buffalo). The neighborhood has 17,287 residents.
Q5
Is Fruit Belt a high social-vulnerability area?
Fruit Belt sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fruit Belt have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fruit Belt is census tract 36029003302 (score 9.3/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.3 to 9.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Fruit Belt for landlords?
Fruit Belt carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). Pop-weighted across 8 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Buffalo as a whole (7.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fruit Belt?
Fruit Belt has 16,961 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (58.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (20.7%), Hispanic / Latino (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
