Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Westside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Binghamton

Tract 36007001500 · Broome County, NY · pop 4,485 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 36007001500 belongs to the Westside area of Binghamton, New York. It is home to 4,485 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.

About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,380 a month against an average household income of $94,114 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 16% Owners 79%

Tract context

Occupied units1,992

Renter share21.3%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$94,114

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Binghamton and the region

Centroid at 42.0968, -75.9392 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Binghamton

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,380 rent vs county FMR

6.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Binghamton

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Binghamton

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Binghamton

8.0

How Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

20%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
29%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

23%Grade A
55%Grade B
1%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

Within Westside. 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.

8.4%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.5%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
13.8%Frequent mental distress
22.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westside

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Binghamton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Broome County average of 6.1 and below 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 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 36007001500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36007001500?

Census tract 36007001500 in the Westside 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 36007001500?

Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36007001500?

3.9% of residents in tract 36007001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,485.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36007001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 35th, minority 29th, housing 29th.

Is tract 36007001500 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36007001500 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36007001500 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36007001500 compare to Binghamton overall?

Tract 36007001500 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Binghamton at 8.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Binghamton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36007001500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Binghamton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.