Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Alden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 36029014901 · Erie County, NY · pop 2,606
36029014901 is a census tract in Alden, NY. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Erie County average of 44.6%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,165
Renter share33.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$74,426
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alden and the region
Centroid at 42.8989, -78.4946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alden scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alden
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$804 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alden
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alden
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alden
3.8
How Alden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alden
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
Against the Erie County average of 6.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $804 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Alden commands.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.
Against average income of $74,426, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 36029014901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36029014901?
Census tract 36029014901 in Alden scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 36029014901?
Median gross rent is $804/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 36029014901?
5.0% of residents in tract 36029014901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 36029014901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 22th, minority 2th, housing 85th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 36029014901 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 36029014901 compare to Alden overall?
Tract 36029014901 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Alden at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alden; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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