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Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Brown Square Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055000200 · Monroe County, NY · pop 2,480 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Elevated-tier score of 6.9/10 for census tract 36055000200 reflects conditions in the Brown Square neighborhood of Rochester, New York. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $994 monthly, set against $38,635 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 34% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units965
Renter share87.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate31.0%
Median income$38,635

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brown Square
Moderate
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 84 tracts In Rochester
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#431 of 5,394 tracts In New York
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1641, -77.6251 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brown Square scores 8.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rochester
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New York legislature & governorship
7.3
Economic stress
31.0% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$994 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rochester
7.0

How Brown Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brown Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 000200Rochester: 9.19.1Rochesterparent cityCounty: 5.95.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brown Square

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rochester eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Monroe County average of 6.1 and above the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 31% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is Black and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055000200?

Census tract 36055000200 in the Brown Square neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High 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 36055000200?

Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055000200?

31.0% of residents in tract 36055000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,480.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 96th, minority 81th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 36055000200 considered part of Brown Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055000200 fall within Brown Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.0% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055000200 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055000200 scores 8.7/10, lower than the parent city of Rochester at 9.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rochester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 36055000200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 31% 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 Rochester

Top eight tracts in Rochester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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