Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Cheektowaga Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36029010101 · Erie County, NY · pop 4,390

Tract 36029010101, home to 4,390 residents in Cheektowaga, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $995 monthly, set against $70,719 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 4% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units2,115

Renter share6.5%

SVI overall0.07

Poverty rate14.3%

Median income$70,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cheektowaga and the region

Centroid at 42.9401, -78.7744 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheektowaga scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Cheektowaga

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

14.3% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$995 rent vs county FMR

3.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Cheektowaga

5.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Cheektowaga

6.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Cheektowaga

5.4

How Cheektowaga compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

24%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
5%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
27%Grade B
0%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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
10.6%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
23.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cheektowaga

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. 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 Cheektowaga eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Erie County average of 6.1 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36029010101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029010101?

Census tract 36029010101 in Cheektowaga scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36029010101?

Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029010101?

14.3% of residents in tract 36029010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,390.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029010101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 10th, minority 33th, housing 5th.

What share of households in tract 36029010101 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029010101 compare to Cheektowaga overall?

Tract 36029010101 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Cheektowaga at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cheektowaga eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36029010101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cheektowaga

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