Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #1 of 84,120 nationally
Ithaca Eviction Risk: High
Tract 36109001000 · Tompkins County, NY · pop 4,859 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Ithaca
Census tract 36109001000 covers part of Ithaca, NY, and scores 9.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.9
High
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.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ithaca and the region
Centroid at 42.4179, -76.5536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ithaca scores 9.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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. 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.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $1,572 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Ithaca commands. 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 6.7/10, 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 housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 53% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $65,665.
62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36109001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36109001000?
Census tract 36109001000 in Ithaca 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 36109001000?
Median gross rent is $1,572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 36109001000 compare to Ithaca overall?
Tract 36109001000 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.
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Fall Creek
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Collegetown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Downtown
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Northside Triangle
9.7
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NY
Northeast Ithaca
8.6
/ 10 · High
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