Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Northeast Ithaca Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36109000400 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,474 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is Northeast Ithaca in Ithaca for landlords? Census tract 36109000400 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,404 a month against an average household income of $61,250 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 81% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 50% Owners 19%

Tract context

Occupied units350

Renter share80.9%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate4.7%

Median income$61,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ithaca and the region

Centroid at 42.4572, -76.4585 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northeast Ithaca scores 6.1

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

4.7% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$1,404 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Northeast Ithaca compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

40%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
97%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Northeast Ithaca. 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.

10.5%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
9.4%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
20.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northeast Ithaca

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Ithaca eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tompkins County average of 6.5 and in line with 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 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 63rd 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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 36109000400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109000400?

Census tract 36109000400 in the Northeast Ithaca neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36109000400?

Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36109000400?

4.7% of residents in tract 36109000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,474.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36109000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 18th, minority 72th, housing 97th.

Is tract 36109000400 considered part of Northeast Ithaca?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36109000400 fall within Northeast Ithaca (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36109000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36109000400 compare to Ithaca overall?

Tract 36109000400 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Ithaca at 8.7/10. 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.