Neighborhood · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally

Parkside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Buffalo

Tract 36029005300 · Erie County, NY · pop 1,658 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 36029005300 covers the Parkside area of Buffalo in New York. Home to 1,658 residents, it scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #30,190 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $687 monthly, set against $64,519 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 49% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units495

Renter share61.4%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate14.4%

Median income$64,519

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Buffalo and the region

Centroid at 42.9293, -78.8607 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkside scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Buffalo

8.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

14.4% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$687 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

8.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Buffalo

7.5

How Parkside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

31%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
72%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.

1%Grade A
18%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parkside. 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.

13.0%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
12.2%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
23.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkside

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Buffalo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% 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 36029005300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029005300?

Census tract 36029005300 in the Parkside neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 36029005300?

Median gross rent is $687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029005300?

14.4% of residents in tract 36029005300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,658.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029005300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 3th, minority 57th, housing 72th.

Is tract 36029005300 considered part of Parkside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36029005300 fall within Parkside (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36029005300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029005300 compare to Buffalo overall?

Tract 36029005300 scores 7.3/10, lower than the parent city of Buffalo at 9.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36029005300 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.

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