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North Albany Eviction Risk: Moderate , Menands

Tract 36001013602 · Albany County, NY · pop 4,512 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 36001013602 in North Albany in Menands ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,512 residents. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,363 monthly, set against $79,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 53% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units2,118

Renter share71.8%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate9.5%

Median income$79,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Menands and the region

Centroid at 42.6912, -73.7262 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Albany scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Menands

5.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

9.5% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$1,363 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Menands

3.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Menands

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Menands

4.2

How North Albany compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

30%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
97%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.

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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
5.7%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Albany

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 Menands, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Albany 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th 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 11.9% 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36001013602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36001013602?

Census tract 36001013602 in the North Albany neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 36001013602?

Median gross rent is $1,363/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36001013602?

9.5% of residents in tract 36001013602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,512.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36001013602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 54th, minority 61th, housing 97th.

Is tract 36001013602 considered part of North Albany?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36001013602 fall within North Albany (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36001013602 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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 36001013602 compare to Menands overall?

Tract 36001013602 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Menands at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Menands; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36001013602 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.