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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

North Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Buffalo

Tract 36029008002 · Erie County, NY · pop 5,569 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

36029008002 is a census tract in the North Park area of Tonawanda Town, NY. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,569. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 13% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,656
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$85,825

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 8 tracts In North Park
Very Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 14 tracts In Buffalo
Elevated
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#176 of 260 tracts In Erie County
Low
Within state
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#4,390 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Buffalo and the region

Centroid at 42.9681, -78.8477 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Park scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Buffalo
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo
4.1

How North Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0080027.9Buffaloparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

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.

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 North Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Park

The main counterweight is tenant-organizing strength at 2.5/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Erie County average of 6.8.

Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10.

SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally. At $998 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Tonawanda Town commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $85,825, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36029008002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029008002?

Census tract 36029008002 in the North Park neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 36029008002?

Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029008002?

12.1% of residents in tract 36029008002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,569.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029008002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 30th, minority 26th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 36029008002 considered part of North Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36029008002 fall within North Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36029008002 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36029008002 compare to Buffalo overall?

Tract 36029008002 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Buffalo at 7.9/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 36029008002 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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