Census Tract · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Tonawanda Town Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36029008101 · Erie County, NY · pop 6,255

Tract 36029008101 sits in Tonawanda Town eviction risk, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It is home to 6,255 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 21% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units3,045

Renter share42.5%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate11.7%

Median income$65,497

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Tonawanda Town and the region

Centroid at 42.9906, -78.8646 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tonawanda Town scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Tonawanda Town

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

11.7% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,141 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Tonawanda Town

5.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Tonawanda Town

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Tonawanda Town

4.1

How Tonawanda Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

21%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
10%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

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.

9.3%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
10.0%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tonawanda Town

The clearest offset is tenant-organizing strength at 2.5/10. Against Erie County at 44.6%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Erie County average of 6.8.

Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,141, close to the Tonawanda Town average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $65,497.

42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 36029008101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029008101?

Census tract 36029008101 in Tonawanda Town scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36029008101?

Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029008101?

11.7% of residents in tract 36029008101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,255.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029008101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 67th, minority 10th, housing 53th.

What share of households in tract 36029008101 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029008101 compare to Tonawanda Town overall?

Tract 36029008101 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Tonawanda Town at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tonawanda Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Tonawanda Town

Top eight tracts in Tonawanda Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.