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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Orchard Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36029013701 · Erie County, NY · pop 6,328 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Orchard Park

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 36029013701 in Orchard Park, NY reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,328. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 19% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units3,006
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$96,901

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Orchard Park
Moderate
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#185 of 260 tracts In Erie County
Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#4,479 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very Low
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Orchard Park and the region

Centroid at 42.7841, -78.7715 · click any tract to drill in

Why Orchard Park scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Orchard Park
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,292 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Orchard Park
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Orchard Park
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Orchard Park
5.8

How Orchard Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Orchard Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0137016.8Orchard Parkparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Orchard Park

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 44.6% across Erie County. It sits 1.3 points below the Erie County average of 6.8. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,292, 8% above the Orchard Park average. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $96,901, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler.

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 36029013701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029013701?

Census tract 36029013701 in Orchard Park scores 5.5/10 (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 36029013701?

Median gross rent is $1,292/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029013701?

6.2% of residents in tract 36029013701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,328.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029013701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 53th, minority 19th, housing 47th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36029013701 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36029013701 compare to Orchard Park overall?

Tract 36029013701 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Orchard Park at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Orchard Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Orchard Park

Top eight tracts in Orchard Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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