Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Cheektowaga Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36029010700 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,489

36029010700 is a census tract in Cheektowaga, NY. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,489. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.8/10.

Risk score

6.7

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 13% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units1,219

Renter share20.2%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate15.1%

Median income$63,431

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cheektowaga and the region

Centroid at 42.9095, -78.7734 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheektowaga scores 6.7

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

15.1% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$800 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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: 50

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

44%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
1%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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
6.1%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
26.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cheektowaga

Against Erie County at 44.6%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $800 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Cheektowaga commands.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Buffalo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $63,431, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

It tracks the Erie County average of 6.8 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36029010700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029010700?

Census tract 36029010700 in Cheektowaga scores 6.7/10 (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 36029010700?

Median gross rent is $800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029010700?

15.1% of residents in tract 36029010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,489.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029010700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 52th, minority 48th, housing 53th.

What share of households in tract 36029010700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029010700 compare to Cheektowaga overall?

Tract 36029010700 scores 6.7/10, higher than 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.

Was tract 36029010700 historically redlined?

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