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Tract 36001013803 Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36001013803 · Albany County, NY · pop 3,747

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36001013803 (Albany, New York) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

80% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 79% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $956 a month against an average household income of $75,035 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 5% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,467

Renter share23.2%

SVI overall0.40

Poverty rate15.2%

Median income$75,035

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Albany County and the region

Centroid at 42.7612, -73.8721 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 36001013803 scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

State baseline

7.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

15.2% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$956 rent vs county FMR

1.4

Rent control risk

State baseline

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

State baseline

4.0

Housing court bias

State baseline

5.0

How Tract 36001013803 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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

47%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
22%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
6%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.

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.

11.1%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
11.6%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
28.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 36001013803

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.3/10. 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 set by New York eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Albany County average of 6.0 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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 36001013803

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36001013803?

Census tract 36001013803 in Albany County scores 5/10 (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 36001013803?

Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36001013803?

15.2% of residents in tract 36001013803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,747.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36001013803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 63th, minority 36th, housing 22th.

What share of households in tract 36001013803 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Was tract 36001013803 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.