First Ward Eviction Risk: Elevated , Binghamton

13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.3/10.

At $896 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Johnson City commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Binghamton-Johnson City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $61,146, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Broome County average of 6.7 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.