Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Cheektowaga Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36029010400 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,421
Tract 36029010400 sits in Cheektowaga eviction risk, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. Population here is 2,421. 24% 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
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,018
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$53,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cheektowaga and the region
Centroid at 42.9095, -78.7903 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cheektowaga scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cheektowaga
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cheektowaga
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cheektowaga
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cheektowaga
5.4
How Cheektowaga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 72%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
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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 27.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cheektowaga
Against Erie County at 44.6%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 27.9% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on state political climate at 7.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Cheektowaga eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Erie County average of 6.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,094, close to the Cheektowaga average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $53,889. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029010400?
Census tract 36029010400 in Cheektowaga scores 6.9/10 (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 36029010400?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029010400?
14.0% of residents in tract 36029010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 79th, minority 73th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029010400 compare to Cheektowaga overall?
Tract 36029010400 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Cheektowaga at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cheektowaga eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 36029010400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Cheektowaga
Top eight tracts in Cheektowaga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.6
/ 10 · High
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7.6
/ 10 · High
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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