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

19th Ward Eviction Risk: High , Rochester

Tract 36055007100 · Monroe County, NY · pop 3,131 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

36055007100 is a census tract in the 19th Ward area of Rochester, NY. It scores 9.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,131. 33% 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 18% Stable renters 24% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$58,418

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In 19th Ward
Very High
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#33 of 84 tracts In Rochester
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#19 of 210 tracts In Monroe County
Very High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,271 of 5,394 tracts In New York
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 43.1298, -77.6467 · click any tract to drill in

Why 19th Ward 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
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 19th Ward compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
19th Ward risk score vs. parent city / county / state9.5This tracttract 0071008.1Rochesterparent city7.2Countyavg tract in county7.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within 19th Ward. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in 19th Ward

It sits 2.3 points above the Monroe County average of 7.2. The dominant input is local political climate at 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 23.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 27.2% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, state political climate reads 7.3/10. Against Monroe County at 46.4%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 97th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the NY average is 7.7, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 36055007100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 36055007100?

Census tract 36055007100 in the 19th Ward 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 36055007100?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 36055007100?

22.6% of residents in tract 36055007100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,131.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 36055007100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 80th, minority 78th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 36055007100 considered part of 19th Ward?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 36055007100 fall within 19th Ward (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 36055007100 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.8% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 36055007100 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 36055007100 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.
Q8

Was tract 36055007100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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Top eight tracts in Rochester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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