Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally

Upper Falls Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055000700 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,741 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 36055000700 sits in the Upper Falls area of Rochester eviction risk, NY, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.5/10. Population here is 1,741. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

9.5

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 29% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units689

Renter share61.4%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate46.2%

Median income$29,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1734, -77.6086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Falls scores 9.5

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

46.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$936 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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 Upper Falls compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

88%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
76%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
99%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

Within Upper Falls. 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.

40.9%Housing insecurity
30.8%Utility-shutoff threat
53.4%Food insecurity
58.4%SNAP enrollment
28.0%Transit barriers
20.8%No health insurance
21.6%Frequent mental distress
47.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Upper Falls

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 58.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 46%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Monroe County average of 7.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Set annual rent against average income of $29,625 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

Against Monroe County at 46.4%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $936, 13% below the Rochester average. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Rochester. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055000700?

Census tract 36055000700 in the Upper Falls neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 36055000700?

Median gross rent is $936/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055000700?

46.2% of residents in tract 36055000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,741.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 76th.

Is tract 36055000700 considered part of Upper Falls?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055000700 fall within Upper Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36055000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.9% 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. 30.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36055000700 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055000700 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Rochester at 8.1/10. 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.

Was tract 36055000700 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. 99% 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.

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