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Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

Otis Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055004000 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,595 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 36055004000 covers part of the Otis area of Rochester, NY, and scores 9.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,595 residents. Cost burden runs 68% here against 46.4% across Monroe County.

Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46% Stable renters 22% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units511
Renter share67.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate28.6%
Median income$37,426

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Otis
Moderate
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 84 tracts In Rochester
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,271 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1668, -77.6442 · click any tract to drill in

Why Otis scores 9.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rochester
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
28.6% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rochester
7.0

How Otis compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Otis risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.5This tracttract 0040008.1Rochesterparent city7.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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 Otis

Food insecurity runs 42.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 2.3 points above the Monroe County average of 7.2.

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $961, 11% below the Rochester average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #2,657 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055004000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055004000?

Census tract 36055004000 in the Otis neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (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 36055004000?

Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055004000?

28.6% of residents in tract 36055004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,595.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055004000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 99th, minority 82th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 36055004000 considered part of Otis?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055004000 fall within Otis (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055004000 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.8% 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. 23.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055004000 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055004000 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Rochester at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rochester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36055004000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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