Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Wappingers Falls Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36027300000 · Dutchess County, NY · pop 5,775 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Wappingers Falls
The Elevated-tier score of 6.2/10 for census tract 36027300000 reflects conditions in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County, New York. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,490 monthly, set against $58,455 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,518
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$58,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wappingers Falls and the region
Centroid at 41.5982, -73.9169 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wappingers Falls scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wappingers Falls
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,490 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wappingers Falls
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wappingers Falls
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wappingers Falls
5.6
How Wappingers Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wappingers Falls
The heaviest input here is 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 Wappingers Falls, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Dutchess County average of 5.7 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 36027300000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36027300000?
Census tract 36027300000 in Wappingers Falls scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36027300000?
Median gross rent is $1,490/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36027300000?
4.8% of residents in tract 36027300000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,775.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36027300000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 72th, minority 56th, housing 98th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36027300000 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36027300000 compare to Wappingers Falls overall?
Tract 36027300000 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Wappingers Falls at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wappingers Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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