Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Cheektowaga Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 36029010500 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,763

Census tract 36029010500 covers part of Cheektowaga, NY, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,763. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.7/10.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 11% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units984

Renter share19.4%

SVI overall0.36

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$62,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cheektowaga and the region

Centroid at 42.9170, -78.7878 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cheektowaga scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,006 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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: 36

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

32%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
20%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
42%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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cheektowaga

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

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. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,006, close to the Cheektowaga average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 36029010500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029010500?

Census tract 36029010500 in Cheektowaga 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.

What is the average rent in tract 36029010500?

Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36029010500?

6.7% of residents in tract 36029010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,763.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36029010500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 65th, minority 66th, housing 20th.

What share of households in tract 36029010500 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36029010500 compare to Cheektowaga overall?

Tract 36029010500 scores 6/10, right in line with 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.

Was tract 36029010500 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.