Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Tonawanda Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36029007800 · Erie County, NY · pop 5,387
With a score of 6.7/10, tract 36029007800 in Tonawanda, NY reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,324
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$60,362
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tonawanda and the region
Centroid at 43.0076, -78.8962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tonawanda scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tonawanda
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$912 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tonawanda
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tonawanda
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tonawanda
6.7
How Tonawanda compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tonawanda
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10. Against Erie County at 44.6%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.7/10. At $912 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Tonawanda commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $60,362. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029007800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029007800?
Census tract 36029007800 in Tonawanda 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36029007800?
Median gross rent is $912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029007800?
10.8% of residents in tract 36029007800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,387.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029007800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 65th, minority 11th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029007800 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029007800 compare to Tonawanda overall?
Tract 36029007800 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Tonawanda at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tonawanda; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tonawanda
Top eight tracts in Tonawanda ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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