Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Cheektowaga Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36029010808 · Erie County, NY · pop 3,997
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 36029010808 in Cheektowaga, NY reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,997. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,767
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$71,208
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cheektowaga and the region
Centroid at 42.8738, -78.7468 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cheektowaga scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,209 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cheektowaga
The score leans hardest on state political climate at 7.3/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 44.6% across Erie County.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,209, 15% above the Cheektowaga average. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Cheektowaga eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Erie County average of 6.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $71,208. 51% 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 36029010808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029010808?
Census tract 36029010808 in Cheektowaga scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36029010808?
Median gross rent is $1,209/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029010808?
11.6% of residents in tract 36029010808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,997.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029010808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 32th, minority 41th, housing 98th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029010808 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029010808 compare to Cheektowaga overall?
Tract 36029010808 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Cheektowaga at 6.2/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cheektowaga
Top eight tracts in Cheektowaga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NY
36029010102
7.6
/ 10 · High
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36029010300
7.6
/ 10 · High
Tract · NY
Kensington
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NY
36029010400
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NY
36029010700
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NY
36029010101
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NY
Kaisertown
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · NY
Kensington
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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