Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Eggertsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36029009401 · Erie County, NY · pop 6,057 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Eggertsville
For landlords sizing up Eggertsville, census tract 36029009401 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,146 a month against an average household income of $83,836 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,261
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$83,836
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eggertsville and the region
Centroid at 42.9702, -78.7964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eggertsville scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eggertsville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eggertsville
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eggertsville
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eggertsville
4.8
How Eggertsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 46%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 0%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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eggertsville
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.8/10. 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 Eggertsville, 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 in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029009401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029009401?
Census tract 36029009401 in Eggertsville scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36029009401?
Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029009401?
16.0% of residents in tract 36029009401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,057.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029009401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 44th, minority 41th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029009401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029009401 compare to Eggertsville overall?
Tract 36029009401 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Eggertsville at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eggertsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36029009401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Eggertsville
Top eight tracts in Eggertsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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