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Neighborhood · Brighton, NY

Cobbs Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 6,272 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10 · range 6–6.7

Cobbs Hill is a 2-tract neighborhood of Brighton, NY and houses 6,272 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.2/10, in the Elevated tier. 44% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Brighton rate of 29.8%.

30% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.8/10.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.9% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation is 4.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.3/10. At $1,190 a month, rents sit 12% under what the rest of Brighton commands.

That places it #4 of 5 neighborhoods in Brighton. For a like-for-like read, Browncroft and Upper Monroe score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

With little internal variation, 6.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Cobbs Hill vs Brighton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
44.3% +49%
Brighton: 29.8%
Average gross rent
$1,190 -12%
Brighton: $1,350
Average HH income
$91,671 +9%
Brighton: $83,723
Poverty rate
6.7% -20%
Brighton: 8.4%
Renter share
32.2% -26%
Brighton: 43.6%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Cobbs Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 6–6.7

Why Cobbs Hill scores 6.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts
6.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.4–7.5 across tracts
6.7
Rent control risk
44% of income on rent · Range 6.4–7.0 across tracts
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.3–7.5 across tracts
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
32% renter households · Range 7.0–8.6 across tracts
8.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.5–7.0 across tracts
5.9
Economic stress
6.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.0 across tracts
1.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.4–3.6 across tracts
3.3
Risk score comparison

Cobbs Hill vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Cobbs Hill score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.2Cobbs HillNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city8.3Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Cobbs Hill

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
36055007802 6.7 1,517 19% $1,062
36055012600 6 4,755 52% $1,231
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 20

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 10%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 19%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 19%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cobbs Hill

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Cobbs Hill

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Cobbs Hill?

Cobbs Hill scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Cobbs Hill compare to Brighton overall?

Cobbs Hill scores 0.4 points lower than Brighton overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,190 vs $1,350.
Q3

What is the average rent in Cobbs Hill?

Average gross rent in Cobbs Hill is $1,190/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Cobbs Hill residents are renters?

32% of Cobbs Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Brighton). The neighborhood has 6,272 residents.
Q5

Is Cobbs Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Cobbs Hill sits in the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Cobbs Hill have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Cobbs Hill is census tract 36055007802 (score 6.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6.7, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7

How safe is Cobbs Hill for landlords?

Cobbs Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Brighton as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Cobbs Hill?

Cobbs Hill has 6,425 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.5%), Hispanic / Latino (4%), Other / Multiracial (3.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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