Neighborhood · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally

West Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Buffalo

Tract 36029007202 · Erie County, NY · pop 1,519 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 36029007202 covers the West Village area of Buffalo in New York. Home to 1,519 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 68% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $489 a month while the average household earns $43,992 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 51% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units1,011

Renter share70.4%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$43,992

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Buffalo and the region

Centroid at 42.8851, -78.8882 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Village scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Buffalo

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$489 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

8.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

How West Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

64%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
70%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
6%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

Within West Village. 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.

15.8%Housing insecurity
9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
17.9%Food insecurity
16.2%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Village

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Buffalo 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 6% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36029007202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029007202?

Census tract 36029007202 in the West Village neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 36029007202?

Median gross rent is $489/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029007202?

13.2% of residents in tract 36029007202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,519.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029007202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 96th, minority 73th, housing 70th.

Is tract 36029007202 considered part of West Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36029007202 fall within West Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36029007202 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029007202 compare to Buffalo overall?

Tract 36029007202 scores 7.6/10, lower than the parent city of Buffalo at 9.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36029007202 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 6% 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.

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