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Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Upper Falls Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055000700 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,741 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 36055000700 sits in the Upper Falls area of Rochester eviction risk, New York eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $936 a month against an average household income of $29,625 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 29% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units689
Renter share61.4%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate46.2%
Median income$29,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Upper Falls
Very High
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 84 tracts In Rochester
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#431 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1734, -77.6086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Falls scores 8.7

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
46.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$936 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Upper Falls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Upper Falls risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 000700Rochester: 9.19.1Rochesterparent cityCounty: 5.95.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Upper Falls. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Upper Falls

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rochester eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Monroe County average of 6.1 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 40.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 30.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055000700?

Census tract 36055000700 in the Upper Falls neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 36055000700?

Median gross rent is $936/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055000700?

46.2% of residents in tract 36055000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,741.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 36055000700 considered part of Upper Falls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055000700 fall within Upper Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.9% 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. 30.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055000700 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055000700 scores 8.7/10, lower than the parent city of Rochester at 9.1/10. 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 36055000700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 99% 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

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Top eight tracts in Rochester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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