Kensington Eviction Risk: High , Buffalo

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 43.1% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points.

Food insecurity runs 39.2% against 17.8% nationally. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $36,923, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 44.6% across Erie County. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,148, 10% above the Buffalo average. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Buffalo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

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