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

Upper Falls Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055009200 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,163 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 36055009200 covers part of the Upper Falls area of Rochester, NY, and scores 9.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 62% Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units641
Renter share93.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate63.5%
Median income$12,245

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Upper Falls
Very Low
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 84 tracts In Rochester
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Very 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 43.1678, -77.6166 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Falls 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
63.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$508 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 / state9.5This tracttract 0092008.1Rochesterparent 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: 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

At $508 a month, rents run 53% under what the rest of Rochester commands. Food insecurity runs 60.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $12,245 and the ratio lands at 50%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 64%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 94% 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.

Against the Monroe County average of 7.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Disability prevalence runs 51.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Cost burden runs around a third here against 46.4% across Monroe County. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055009200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055009200?

Census tract 36055009200 in the Upper Falls 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 36055009200?

Median gross rent is $508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055009200?

63.5% of residents in tract 36055009200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,163.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055009200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 100th, minority 94th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 36055009200 considered part of Upper Falls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055009200 fall within Upper Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055009200 struggle to pay rent?

About 45.0% 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. 32.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055009200 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055009200 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 36055009200 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. 30% 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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