Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

West Seneca Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36029011700 · Erie County, NY · pop 4,106

Tract 36029011700 sits in West Seneca eviction risk, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 4,106. Cost burden runs 30% here against 44.6% across Erie County.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 24% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,778

Renter share33.9%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$69,049

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Seneca and the region

Centroid at 42.8361, -78.7735 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Seneca scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from West Seneca

6.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$991 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from West Seneca

4.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from West Seneca

5.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from West Seneca

4.6

How West Seneca compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

33%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
7%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
10.4%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
25.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Seneca

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Erie County average of 6.8.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.3/10. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $991, 10% below the West Seneca average. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $69,049, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler.

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 36029011700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029011700?

Census tract 36029011700 in West Seneca scores 5.7/10 (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 36029011700?

Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029011700?

7.0% of residents in tract 36029011700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,106.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029011700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 52th, minority 7th, housing 89th.

What share of households in tract 36029011700 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029011700 compare to West Seneca overall?

Tract 36029011700 scores 5.7/10, lower than the parent city of West Seneca at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Seneca eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Seneca

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