Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #6,330 of 84,120 nationally
Lackawanna Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36029017400 · Erie County, NY · pop 4,190 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Lackawanna
36029017400 is a census tract in Lackawanna, NY. It scores 8.3/10 for landlords. At $480 a month, rents run 45% under what the rest of Lackawanna commands.
Risk score
8.3
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,712
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate33.2%
Median income$38,293
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
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 42.8253, -78.8568 · 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
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$480 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 26.9%Housing insecurity
- 19.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.6%Food insecurity
- 36.6%SNAP enrollment
- 17.6%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lackawanna
SNAP participation runs 36.6% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs around a third here against 44.6% across Erie County. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, economic stress reads 8.3/10. Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 92nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029017400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029017400?
Census tract 36029017400 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 36029017400?
Median gross rent is $480/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029017400?
33.2% of residents in tract 36029017400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,190.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029017400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 88th, minority 73th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029017400 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.9% 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. 19.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029017400 compare to Lackawanna overall?
Tract 36029017400 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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