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

South Wedge Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055003200 · Monroe County, NY · pop 1,812 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 9.5/10, tract 36055003200 in the South Wedge area of Rochester, NY reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,812 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

9.5

High

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 37% Owners 4%

Tract context

Occupied units1,075

Renter share96.6%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate33.8%

Median income$21,225

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1462, -77.6076 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Wedge 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

33.8% poverty · this tract

8.5

Supply constraint

$733 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 South Wedge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

91%Socioeconomic
42%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
91%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
55%Grade C
4%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 South Wedge. 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.

22.5%Housing insecurity
15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
27.0%Food insecurity
28.7%SNAP enrollment
14.8%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Wedge

Against Monroe County at 46.4%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $21,225, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Against the Monroe County average of 7.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Average gross rent is $733, 32% below the Rochester average.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.5/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.0% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 36055003200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055003200?

Census tract 36055003200 in the South Wedge 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 36055003200?

Median gross rent is $733/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055003200?

33.8% of residents in tract 36055003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,812.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055003200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 42th, minority 62th, housing 91th.

Is tract 36055003200 considered part of South Wedge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055003200 fall within South Wedge (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36055003200 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36055003200 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055003200 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 36055003200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 4% 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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