Census Tract · Ranked #3,427 of 84,120 nationally

Ithaca Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36109001000 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,859 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Ithaca

Tract 36109001000 covers Ithaca in Tompkins County in New York. Home to 4,859 residents, it scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,572 a month against an average household income of $65,665 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.4

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 29% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units2,429

Renter share61.5%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate22.2%

Median income$65,665

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ithaca and the region

Centroid at 42.4179, -76.5536 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ithaca scores 7.4

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

22.2% poverty · this tract

5.6

Supply constraint

$1,572 rent vs county FMR

4.2

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 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.

53%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
88%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.

11.4%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
11.8%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
25.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ithaca

The score leans hardest on 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 above the Tompkins County average of 6.5 and above 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 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 36109001000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109001000?

Census tract 36109001000 in Ithaca scores 7.4/10 (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 36109001000?

Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36109001000?

22.2% of residents in tract 36109001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,859.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36109001000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 37th, minority 41th, housing 88th.

What share of households in tract 36109001000 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36109001000 compare to Ithaca overall?

Tract 36109001000 scores 7.4/10, 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.