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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Tonawanda Town Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 36029008102 · Erie County, NY · pop 4,085

Census tract 36029008102 covers part of Tonawanda Town, NY, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,085 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.8/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 15% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,088
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$86,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 14 tracts In Tonawanda Town
Low
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#205 of 260 tracts In Erie County
Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#4,784 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very Low
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tonawanda Town and the region

Centroid at 42.9752, -78.8616 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tonawanda Town scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Tonawanda Town
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$897 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tonawanda Town
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tonawanda Town
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tonawanda Town
4.1

How Tonawanda Town compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tonawanda Town risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0081025.9Tonawanda Townparent city6.8Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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

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 Tonawanda Town

Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.7 points. Cost burden runs 37% here against 44.6% across Erie County. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally. At $897 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Tonawanda Town commands.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Buffalo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 25% 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 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $86,750, annual rent is just 12%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36029008102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029008102?

Census tract 36029008102 in Tonawanda Town scores 5.1/10 (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 36029008102?

Median gross rent is $897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029008102?

7.3% of residents in tract 36029008102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,085.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029008102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 34th, minority 13th, housing 26th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 36029008102 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 36029008102 compare to Tonawanda Town overall?

Tract 36029008102 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Tonawanda Town at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tonawanda Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 36029008102 historically redlined?

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

Highest-risk tracts in Tonawanda Town

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

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