Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Rotterdam Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36093032602 · Schenectady County, NY · pop 4,216 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Rotterdam
In Rotterdam, census tract 36093032602 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,362 a month against an average household income of $75,768 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,049
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$75,768
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rotterdam and the region
Centroid at 42.8303, -74.0282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rotterdam scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rotterdam
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,362 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rotterdam
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rotterdam
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rotterdam
4.0
How Rotterdam compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 0%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
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rotterdam
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.6/10. 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 Rotterdam, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Schenectady County average of 6.0 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36093032602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36093032602?
Census tract 36093032602 in Rotterdam scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 36093032602?
Median gross rent is $1,362/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36093032602?
6.2% of residents in tract 36093032602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,216.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36093032602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 32th, minority 26th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36093032602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36093032602 compare to Rotterdam overall?
Tract 36093032602 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Rotterdam at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rotterdam; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36093032602 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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