Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Lackawanna Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 36029012502 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,382
Tract 36029012502 sits in Lackawanna, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 2,382 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units902
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$66,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lackawanna and the region
Centroid at 42.8109, -78.8012 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lackawanna scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lackawanna
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$905 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lackawanna
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lackawanna
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lackawanna
7.5
How Lackawanna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lackawanna
Against Erie County at 44.6%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.5/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $66,042, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
It tracks the Erie County average of 6.8 closely. Average gross rent is $905, close to the Lackawanna average.
29% 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 36029012502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029012502?
Census tract 36029012502 in Lackawanna scores 6.8/10 (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 36029012502?
Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029012502?
8.9% of residents in tract 36029012502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029012502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 69th, minority 21th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029012502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029012502 compare to Lackawanna overall?
Tract 36029012502 scores 6.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Lackawanna at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lackawanna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lackawanna
Top eight tracts in Lackawanna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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