Census Tract · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally

Niagara Falls Eviction Risk: High

Tract 36063022000 · Niagara County, NY · pop 3,420

With a score of 8.5/10, tract 36063022000 in Niagara Falls, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,420 residents. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

8.5

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 18% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,482

Renter share40.3%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate21.5%

Median income$54,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Niagara Falls and the region

Centroid at 43.0823, -78.9945 · click any tract to drill in

Why Niagara Falls scores 8.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

21.5% poverty · this tract

5.4

Supply constraint

$968 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Niagara Falls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

58%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
12%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
7%Grade B
20%Grade C
12%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

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.

16.0%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
19.9%Food insecurity
20.7%SNAP enrollment
10.7%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Niagara Falls

Against Niagara County at 40.9%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Niagara County average of 6.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $968 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Niagara Falls commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36063022000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36063022000?

Census tract 36063022000 in Niagara Falls 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36063022000?

Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36063022000?

21.5% of residents in tract 36063022000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,420.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36063022000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 90th, minority 39th, housing 12th.

What share of households in tract 36063022000 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.0% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36063022000 compare to Niagara Falls overall?

Tract 36063022000 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.

Was tract 36063022000 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. 12% 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 Niagara Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.