Highland Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Rochester

Against Monroe County at 46.4%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,309 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Rochester commands. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Nationally it ranks #10,320 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Monroe County average of 7.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $71,786.

30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.