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Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Oswego Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36075021603 · Oswego County, NY · pop 3,316

In Oswego, census tract 36075021603 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #27,234 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,125 a month against an average household income of $72,059 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 15% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,518
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$72,059

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Oswego
Very Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 44 tracts In Oswego County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#2,561 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Moderate
National
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#8,912 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oswego and the region

Centroid at 43.4417, -76.5022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oswego scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oswego
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oswego
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oswego
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oswego
8.0

How Oswego compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oswego risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 021603Oswego: 8.48.4Oswegoparent cityCounty: 6.26.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oswego

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $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 Oswego, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oswego County average of 5.7 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% 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 36075021603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36075021603?

Census tract 36075021603 in Oswego scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 36075021603?

Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36075021603?

9.6% of residents in tract 36075021603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,316.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36075021603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 43th, minority 10th, housing 58th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36075021603 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36075021603 compare to Oswego overall?

Tract 36075021603 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Oswego at 8.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oswego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oswego

Top eight tracts in Oswego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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