Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Rapids Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36063023404 · Niagara County, NY · pop 4,933 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Rapids
Eviction risk in Rapids in Niagara County centers on tract 36063023404, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,933 residents. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $605 a month against an average household income of $85,833 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share29.5%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$85,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rapids and the region
Centroid at 43.1139, -78.6660 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rapids scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rapids
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$605 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rapids
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rapids
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rapids
4.8
How Rapids compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rapids
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 7.1/10. 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 Rapids, 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 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% 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 36063023404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36063023404?
Census tract 36063023404 in Rapids scores 4.1/10 (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 36063023404?
Median gross rent is $605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36063023404?
9.5% of residents in tract 36063023404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,933.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36063023404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 49th, minority 19th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36063023404 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36063023404 compare to Rapids overall?
Tract 36063023404 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Rapids at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rapids; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rapids
Top eight tracts in Rapids ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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