Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Depew Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36029009702 · Erie County, NY · pop 4,453
Tract 36029009702 sits in Depew, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. It is home to 4,453 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,757
Renter share18.3%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$76,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Depew and the region
Centroid at 42.9194, -78.7049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Depew scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Depew
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,479 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Depew
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Depew
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Depew
5.2
How Depew compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Depew
roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Erie County average of 44.6%. At $1,479 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Depew commands. The voucher gap is 25.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The dominant input is supply constraint at 7.6/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.4/10. On the high side, state political climate reads 7.3/10.
It sits 0.8 points below the Erie County average of 6.8. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 18% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10.
Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $76,342.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029009702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029009702?
Census tract 36029009702 in Depew scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 36029009702?
Median gross rent is $1,479/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029009702?
10.7% of residents in tract 36029009702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,453.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029009702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 37th, minority 30th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029009702 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029009702 compare to Depew overall?
Tract 36029009702 scores 6/10, right in line with the parent city of Depew at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Depew; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Depew
Top eight tracts in Depew ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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