Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Lackawanna Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36029012400 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,428
With a score of 8.3/10, tract 36029012400 in Lackawanna, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Erie County average of 44.6%.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,062
Renter share47.0%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$35,658
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lackawanna and the region
Centroid at 42.8104, -78.8303 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lackawanna scores 8.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lackawanna
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$823 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lackawanna
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lackawanna
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lackawanna
7.5
How Lackawanna 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.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.5%Food insecurity
- 35.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.7%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lackawanna
Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 35.3% against 15.2% nationally.
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.5 points above the Erie County average of 6.8. Food insecurity runs 30.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.5/10. On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $823, close to the Lackawanna average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $35,658. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 36029012400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029012400?
Census tract 36029012400 in Lackawanna scores 8.3/10 (High 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 36029012400?
Median gross rent is $823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029012400?
26.5% of residents in tract 36029012400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,428.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029012400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 50th, minority 54th, housing 96th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029012400 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029012400 compare to Lackawanna overall?
Tract 36029012400 scores 8.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lackawanna at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lackawanna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lackawanna
Top eight tracts in Lackawanna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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