West Village Eviction Risk: High , Buffalo

At $489 a month, rents run 53% under what the rest of Buffalo commands. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #4,888 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $43,992, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.