Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Upper Monroe Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brighton

Tract 36055003700 · Monroe County, NY · pop 2,948 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 36055003700 (Upper Monroe in Brighton, New York) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,171 a month against an average household income of $82,083 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 50% Owners 25%

Tract context

Occupied units1,505

Renter share74.2%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate14.0%

Median income$82,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Brighton and the region

Centroid at 43.1385, -77.5829 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Monroe scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Brighton

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.1

State political climate

New York legislature & governorship

7.3

Economic stress

14.0% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,171 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Brighton

7.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Brighton

7.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Brighton

7.0

How Upper Monroe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

12%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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
62%Grade C
0%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 Monroe. 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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
4.7%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
20.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Upper Monroe

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brighton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Monroe County average of 6.1 and in line with the New York statewide average of 6.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 36055003700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055003700?

Census tract 36055003700 in the Upper Monroe neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 36055003700?

Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055003700?

14.0% of residents in tract 36055003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,948.

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055003700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 2th, minority 37th, housing 46th.

Is tract 36055003700 considered part of Upper Monroe?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055003700 fall within Upper Monroe (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 36055003700 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 36055003700 compare to Brighton overall?

Tract 36055003700 scores 6.8/10, lower than the parent city of Brighton at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 36055003700 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. 0% 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 Brighton

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