2 census tracts · pop 1,306 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.6/10
· range 6.7–9.2
Convention District spans 2 census tracts of Rochester, NY and houses 1,306 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.6/10, Elevated tier. Against a Rochester baseline of 32.0%, 10% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Average gross rent is $517, 52% below the Rochester average of $1,081. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.7 to 9.2, a 2.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. 15.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
SNAP participation is 25.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.
That places it #36 of 36 neighborhoods in Rochester. The closest comparables inside the same city are Barnard and ABC Streets Neighborhood. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $24,340.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Convention District vs RochesterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport100%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Convention District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
25.5%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility shutoff threat
29.0%Food insecurity
27.9%SNAP enrollment
12.5%No health insurance
31.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Convention District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Convention District?
Convention District scores 7.6/10 (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 Convention District compare to Rochester overall?
Convention District scores 0.5 points lower than Rochester overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 10% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $517 vs $1,081.
Q3
What is the average rent in Convention District?
Average gross rent in Convention District is $517/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Convention District residents are renters?
37% of Convention District households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Rochester). The neighborhood has 1,306 residents.
Q5
Is Convention District a high social-vulnerability area?
Convention District sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Convention District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Convention District is census tract 36055009404 (score 9.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.7 to 9.2, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Convention District for landlords?
Convention District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.6/10). 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 Rochester as a whole (8.1/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Convention District?
Convention District has 1,359 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (42.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (36.3%), Hispanic / Latino (15.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
