Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Williamsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36029009504 · Erie County, NY · pop 5,082 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Williamsville
Census tract 36029009504 sits in Williamsville, New York eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $991 a month while the average household earns $77,452 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,129
Renter share28.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$77,452
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Williamsville and the region
Centroid at 42.9539, -78.7589 · click any tract to drill in
Why Williamsville scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Williamsville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Williamsville
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Williamsville
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Williamsville
3.2
How Williamsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 24%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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Williamsville
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.1/10. 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 Williamsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Erie County average of 6.1 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), 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 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029009504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029009504?
Census tract 36029009504 in Williamsville scores 4.2/10 (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 36029009504?
Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029009504?
8.6% of residents in tract 36029009504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,082.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029009504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 38th, minority 22th, housing 54th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029009504 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029009504 compare to Williamsville overall?
Tract 36029009504 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Williamsville at 7.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Williamsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36029009504 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Williamsville
Top eight tracts in Williamsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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