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Neighborhood · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally

Fall Creek Eviction Risk: High , Ithaca

Tract 36109000700 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,015 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 9.9/10, tract 36109000700 in the Fall Creek area of Ithaca, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,015. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
9.9
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 14% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,402
Renter share55.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$64,783

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fall Creek
Moderate
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Ithaca
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 26 tracts In Tompkins County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ithaca and the region

Centroid at 42.4513, -76.5003 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fall Creek scores 9.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ithaca
7.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ithaca
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ithaca
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ithaca
9.2

How Fall Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fall Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.9This tracttract 0007009.3Ithacaparent city7.5Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

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 Fall Creek

Against Tompkins County at 51.4%, 75% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Against the Tompkins County average of 7.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 100% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,350, close to the Ithaca average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36109000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000700?

Census tract 36109000700 in the Fall Creek neighborhood scores 9.9/10 (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 36109000700?

Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000700?

21.0% of residents in tract 36109000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,015.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 5th, minority 42th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 36109000700 considered part of Fall Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000700 fall within Fall Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36109000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36109000700 compare to Ithaca overall?

Tract 36109000700 scores 9.9/10, higher than the parent city of Ithaca at 9.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ithaca eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ithaca

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

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