Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Williamsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36029009602 · Erie County, NY · pop 5,377 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Williamsville
Census tract 36029009602 covers part of Williamsville, NY, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,377 residents. The voucher gap is 45.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,654
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$98,929
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Williamsville and the region
Centroid at 42.9704, -78.7288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Williamsville scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Williamsville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,714 rent vs county FMR
9.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Williamsville
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Williamsville
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Williamsville
3.2
How Williamsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Williamsville
Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.6/10.
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Erie County average of 44.6%. It sits 1.7 points below the Erie County average of 6.8. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,714, 22% above the Williamsville average. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally.
On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.6 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029009602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029009602?
Census tract 36029009602 in Williamsville 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 36029009602?
Median gross rent is $1,714/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029009602?
8.2% of residents in tract 36029009602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,377.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029009602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 68th, minority 27th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029009602 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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 36029009602 compare to Williamsville overall?
Tract 36029009602 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Williamsville at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Williamsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Williamsville
Top eight tracts in Williamsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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