Within neighborhood
90
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
Little Italy Eviction Risk: High , Niagara Falls
Tract 36063021300 · Niagara County, NY · pop 2,270 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
36063021300 is a census tract in the Little Italy area of Niagara Falls, NY. It scores 8.5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,082
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate52.4%
Median income$30,385
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niagara Falls and the region
Centroid at 43.0918, -79.0373 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Italy scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Niagara Falls
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
52.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$819 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Niagara Falls
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Niagara Falls
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Niagara Falls
8.4
How Little Italy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 71%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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 Little Italy. 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.
- 32.4%Housing insecurity
- 24.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.8%Food insecurity
- 50.1%SNAP enrollment
- 22.6%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 23.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Italy
about three-quarters of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Niagara County average of 40.9%. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
SNAP participation runs 50.1% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 52%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Niagara County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $30,385 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Niagara Falls. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $819, close to the Niagara Falls average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 36063021300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36063021300?
Census tract 36063021300 in the Little Italy neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (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 36063021300?
Median gross rent is $819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36063021300?
52.4% of residents in tract 36063021300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,270.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36063021300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 88th, minority 67th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 36063021300 considered part of Little Italy?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36063021300 fall within Little Italy (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 36063021300 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.4% 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. 24.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 36063021300 compare to Niagara Falls overall?
Tract 36063021300 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of Niagara Falls at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Niagara Falls eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 36063021300 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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