Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Hamburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 36029013400 · Erie County, NY · pop 6,639 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Hamburg
How risky is Hamburg for landlords? Census tract 36029013400 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,112 monthly, set against $121,321 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,689
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$121,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hamburg and the region
Centroid at 42.7239, -78.8427 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamburg scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hamburg
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hamburg
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hamburg
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hamburg
4.7
How Hamburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamburg
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hamburg, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Erie County average of 6.1 and below the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029013400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029013400?
Census tract 36029013400 in Hamburg scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 36029013400?
Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029013400?
3.3% of residents in tract 36029013400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,639.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029013400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 20th, minority 5th, housing 19th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029013400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029013400 compare to Hamburg overall?
Tract 36029013400 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Hamburg at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hamburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hamburg
Top eight tracts in Hamburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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