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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Rumsey Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lewiston

Tract 36063024404 · Niagara County, NY · pop 4,322 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36063024404 (Rumsey Ridge in Lewiston, New York) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #42,920 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $880 a month against an average household income of $69,823 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 13% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share20.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$69,823

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Rumsey Ridge
Very High
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#44 of 65 tracts In Niagara County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#3,843 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Low
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,578 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lewiston and the region

Centroid at 43.1707, -79.0218 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rumsey Ridge scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lewiston
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lewiston
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lewiston
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lewiston
5.0

How Rumsey Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rumsey Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 024404Lewiston: 7.57.5Lewistonparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rumsey Ridge. 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 Rumsey Ridge

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lewiston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Niagara County average of 5.8 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36063024404

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36063024404?

Census tract 36063024404 in the Rumsey Ridge neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 36063024404?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36063024404?

8.0% of residents in tract 36063024404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,322.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36063024404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 67th, minority 12th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 36063024404 considered part of Rumsey Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36063024404 fall within Rumsey Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36063024404 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.5% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36063024404 compare to Lewiston overall?

Tract 36063024404 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Lewiston at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lewiston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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